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Neighborhood · Ranked #162 of 84,120 nationally

Cadwalader Heights Eviction Risk: High , Trenton

Tract 34021001401 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,717 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

The Cadwalader Heights area of Trenton anchors census tract 34021001401, which lands at $1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That ranks it in the top 1% of US census tracts for landlord eviction risk, among the very hardest places in the country to operate.

About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $661 monthly, set against $22,112 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. Renters make up 83% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
9.3
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 48% Stable renters 34% Owners 18%
Tract context
Occupied units1,677
Renter share82.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate45.1%
Median income$22,112

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Cadwalader Heights
Very High
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 25 tracts In Trenton
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 84 tracts In Mercer County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Trenton and the region

Centroid at 40.2357, -74.7744 · click any tract to drill in

Why Cadwalader Heights scores 9.3

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
45.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$661 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 Cadwalader Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Cadwalader Heights risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 9.39.3This tracttract 001401Trenton: 8.28.2Trentonparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 3,941Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 48.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 52.3%Peak (2014)
  • 622Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340210014012013: 761 filings (52.02/100 renter HHs)2014: 765 filings (52.29/100 renter HHs)2015: 637 filings (43.54/100 renter HHs)2016: 588 filings (47.38/100 renter HHs)2017: 568 filings (45.77/100 renter HHs)2018: 622 filings (50.12/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Cadwalader Heights. 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 Cadwalader Heights

What moves this score most 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.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 3,941 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 48.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 52.3% of renter households in 2014.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 34021001401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001401?

Census tract 34021001401 in the Cadwalader Heights neighborhood scores 9.3/10 (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 34021001401?

Median gross rent is $661/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001401?

45.1% of residents in tract 34021001401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,717.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 86th, minority 99th, housing 54th.
Q5

Is tract 34021001401 considered part of Cadwalader Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001401 fall within Cadwalader Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001401?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 3,941 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 48.52% of renter households, peaking at 52.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34021001401 struggle to pay rent?

About 38.8% 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. 30.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34021001401 compare to Trenton overall?

Tract 34021001401 scores 9.3/10, 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 34021001401 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 1% 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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