Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
Cadwalader Heights Eviction Risk: High , Trenton
Tract 34021001402 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 1,909 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 8.4/10, tract 34021001402 in the Cadwalader Heights area of Trenton, NJ reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,909. 44% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units628
Renter share47.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate22.3%
Median income$53,553
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2331, -74.7791 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cadwalader Heights 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
22.3% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,233 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 82%Grade B
- 18%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)
- 715Total filings over 6 yrs
- 39.91%Avg annual filing rate
- 44.0%Peak (2014)
- 91Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% 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.
- 31.2%Housing insecurity
- 21.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 38.8%Food insecurity
- 32.8%SNAP enrollment
- 18.6%Transit barriers
- 16.6%No health insurance
- 19.2%Frequent mental distress
- 35.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cadwalader Heights
Against Mercer County at 46.5%, 81% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 2.7 points above the Mercer County average of 5.7.
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Food insecurity runs 38.8% against 17.8% nationally.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. Housing insecurity runs 31.2% against 14.2% nationally.
The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 715 evictions over 6 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2014, when 44.0% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021001402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001402?
Census tract 34021001402 in the Cadwalader Heights 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 34021001402?
Median gross rent is $1,233/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001402?
22.3% of residents in tract 34021001402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,909.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 92th, minority 93th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 34021001402 considered part of Cadwalader Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001402 fall within Cadwalader Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001402?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 715 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 39.91% of renter households, peaking at 44.0% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021001402 struggle to pay rent?
About 31.2% 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. 21.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021001402 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021001402 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 34021001402 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. 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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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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