Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
Mill Hill Eviction Risk: High , Trenton
Tract 34021000900 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,929 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 34021000900 covers part of the Mill Hill area of Trenton, NJ, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,929. Against the Mercer County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.7 points.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units1,890
Renter share68.5%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$58,895
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2195, -74.7598 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mill Hill scores 8.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Trenton
7.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$1,017 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Trenton
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Trenton
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Trenton
7.0
How Mill Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 71%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 42%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 2,280Total filings over 6 yrs
- 34.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.3%Peak (2016)
- 401Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 28.6%Housing insecurity
- 17.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 34.0%Food insecurity
- 24.8%SNAP enrollment
- 15.9%Transit barriers
- 21.7%No health insurance
- 18.4%Frequent mental distress
- 31.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mill Hill
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 68% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Against Mercer County at 46.5%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,017, 21% below the Trenton average. Adults with no health insurance runs 21.7% against 11.3% nationally.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 24.8% against 15.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 2,280 eviction filings across 6 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 33.3% of renter households were served.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021000900?
Census tract 34021000900 in the Mill Hill neighborhood scores 8.4/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34021000900?
Median gross rent is $1,017/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021000900?
18.6% of residents in tract 34021000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,929.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 71th, minority 90th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 34021000900 considered part of Mill Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021000900 fall within Mill Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021000900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,280 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 34.96% of renter households, peaking at 33.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021000900 struggle to pay rent?
About 28.6% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 17.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021000900 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021000900 scores 8.4/10, higher than the parent city of Trenton at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Trenton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34021000900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 42% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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