Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
Lamberton Eviction Risk: High , Trenton
Tract 34021001000 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,051 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 34021001000 sits in the Lamberton area of Trenton eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.4/10. It is home to 3,051 residents. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8.4
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 parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
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 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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%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
- 0%Grade C
- 58%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)
- 1,497Total filings over 6 yrs
- 30.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 37.1%Peak (2014)
- 274Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
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.
- 36.1%Housing insecurity
- 25.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 47.9%Food insecurity
- 42.1%SNAP enrollment
- 23.2%Transit barriers
- 28.6%No health insurance
- 19.9%Frequent mental distress
- 40.3%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lamberton
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. Average gross rent is $569, 56% below the Trenton average.
Food insecurity runs 47.9% against 17.8% nationally. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Mercer County average of 46.5%.
Against the Mercer County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.7 points. The poverty rate is 42%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10. This is renter territory: 78% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Inability to pay a utility bill runs 25.4% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two.
The filing record is not thin: 1,497 evictions over 6 years of observation.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021001000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001000?
Census tract 34021001000 in the Lamberton 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 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 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 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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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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Cadwalader Heights
8.4
/ 10 · High
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Central West
8.4
/ 10 · High
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South Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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South Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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Chambersburg
8.4
/ 10 · High
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