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Neighborhood · Ranked #342 of 84,120 nationally

Lamberton Eviction Risk: High , Trenton

Tract 34021001000 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,051 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Eviction risk in the Lamberton neighborhood of Trenton centers on tract 34021001000, which scores $1/10 (High tier) and is home to 3,051 residents. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 62% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 35% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $569 monthly, set against $29,167 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 78% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 29% Owners 22%
Tract context
Occupied units1,324
Renter share78.2%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate42.2%
Median income$29,167

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Lamberton
Very High
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 25 tracts In Trenton
High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 84 tracts In Mercer County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#33 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Trenton and the region

Centroid at 40.2108, -74.7643 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lamberton scores 9.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
42.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$569 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 Lamberton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lamberton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.19.1This tracttract 001000Trenton: 8.28.2Trentonparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 100

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 1,497Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 30.73%Avg annual filing rate
  • 37.1%Peak (2014)
  • 274Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340210010002013: 248 filings (33.42/100 renter HHs)2014: 275 filings (37.06/100 renter HHs)2015: 275 filings (37.06/100 renter HHs)2016: 223 filings (24.51/100 renter HHs)2017: 202 filings (22.20/100 renter HHs)2018: 274 filings (30.11/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lamberton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lamberton

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Trenton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Mercer County average of 6.7 and above the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

In CDC survey modeling, about 36.1% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 25.4% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 1,497 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 30.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 37.1% of renter households in 2014.

For a landlord underwriting a deal here, treat timelines and legal costs as the real risk: Trenton eviction risk sits in territory where contested cases drag and tenant defenses are well organized, so airtight notices and screening matter more than usual.

Frequently asked

About tract 34021001000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001000?

Census tract 34021001000 in the Lamberton neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (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 34021001000?

Median gross rent is $569/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001000?

42.2% of residents in tract 34021001000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,051.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 97th, minority 94th, housing 100th.
Q5

Is tract 34021001000 considered part of Lamberton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001000 fall within Lamberton (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001000?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 1,497 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 30.73% of renter households, peaking at 37.1% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34021001000 struggle to pay rent?

About 36.1% 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. 25.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34021001000 compare to Trenton overall?

Tract 34021001000 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Trenton at 8.2/10. 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 34021001000 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. 58% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Trenton

Top eight tracts in Trenton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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