Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
Hillcrest Eviction Risk: High , Trenton
Tract 34021001300 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 4,042 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 34021001300 sits in the Hillcrest area of Trenton eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8.4/10. Population here is 4,042. 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 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
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
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 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
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 pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.3% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Cost burden runs 40% here against 46.5% across Mercer County. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10.
The filing record is not thin: 827 evictions over 6 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 22.8% against 15.2% nationally.
The worst year on record was 2013, when 51.8% of renter households were served. 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.
In a typical year about 38.1% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021001300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001300?
Census tract 34021001300 in the Hillcrest 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 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 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 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.
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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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South Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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North Trenton
8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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Top Road
8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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8.4
/ 10 · High
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