Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,663 of 84,120 nationally
Hillcrest Eviction Risk: Elevated , Trenton
Tract 34021001300 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 4,042 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 34021001300 (Hillcrest in Trenton, New Jersey) comes in at 7.1/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #3,763 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,191 monthly, set against $74,597 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,190
Renter share46.3%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate21.1%
Median income$74,597
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2403, -74.7948 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hillcrest scores 7.7
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
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,191 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 Hillcrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%Housing & transportation
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.
- 41%Grade A
- 22%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 827Total filings over 6 yrs
- 38.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 51.8%Peak (2013)
- 127Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hillcrest. 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.
- 25.3%Housing insecurity
- 16.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 29.8%Food insecurity
- 22.8%SNAP enrollment
- 14.4%Transit barriers
- 14.6%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 29.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hillcrest
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001300?
Census tract 34021001300 in the Hillcrest neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (Elevated 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 34021001300?
Median gross rent is $1,191/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001300?
21.1% of residents in tract 34021001300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,042.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 93th, minority 83th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 34021001300 considered part of Hillcrest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001300 fall within Hillcrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001300?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 827 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 38.05% of renter households, peaking at 51.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021001300 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.3% 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. 16.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021001300 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021001300 scores 7.7/10, lower 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 34021001300 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. 0% 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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9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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9.2
/ 10 · Very High
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Chambersburg
9.2
/ 10 · Very High
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Chambersburg
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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Lamberton
9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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The Island
8.9
/ 10 · High
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East Trenton
8.9
/ 10 · High
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Perdicaris Place
8.8
/ 10 · High
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