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Perdicaris Place Eviction Risk: High , Trenton

Tract 34021001102 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,578 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

34021001102 is a census tract in the Perdicaris Place area of Trenton, NJ. It scores 8.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,578. It sits 2.7 points above the Mercer County average of 5.7.

Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37% Stable renters 44% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,508
Renter share80.4%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate26.2%
Median income$35,519

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Perdicaris Place
Very Low
Within parent city
21 th percentile
Rank, 21st percentileLowHigh
#20 of 25 tracts In Trenton
Low
Within county
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 84 tracts In Mercer County
High
Within state
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#297 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Trenton and the region

Centroid at 40.2284, -74.7809 · click any tract to drill in

Why Perdicaris Place scores 8.4

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
26.2% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$777 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 Perdicaris Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Perdicaris Place risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.4This tracttract 0011027.0Trentonparent city5.7Countyavg tract in county6.0Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 2,183Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 33.24%Avg annual filing rate
  • 37.4%Peak (2016)
  • 363Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 34021001102
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Perdicaris Place. 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 Perdicaris Place

Average gross rent is $777, 40% below the Trenton average. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. This is renter territory: 80% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

Inability to pay a utility bill runs 23.3% against 9.2% nationally. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 2,183 evictions over 6 years of observation. Adults with no health insurance runs 18.9% against 11.3% nationally.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 37.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Trenton. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34021001102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001102?

Census tract 34021001102 in the Perdicaris Place 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 34021001102?

Median gross rent is $777/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001102?

26.2% of residents in tract 34021001102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,578.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 60th, minority 94th, housing 95th.
Q5

Is tract 34021001102 considered part of Perdicaris Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001102 fall within Perdicaris Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001102?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 2,183 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.24% of renter households, peaking at 37.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34021001102 struggle to pay rent?

About 33.9% 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. 23.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34021001102 compare to Trenton overall?

Tract 34021001102 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 34021001102 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 15% 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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