Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Battle Monument Eviction Risk: Elevated , Trenton
Tract 34021001600 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 1,534 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
34021001600 is a census tract in the Battle Monument area of Trenton, NJ. It scores 7.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,534 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units545
Renter share72.8%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$44,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
8
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
81
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2270, -74.7613 · click any tract to drill in
Why Battle Monument scores 7.9
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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$840 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 Battle Monument compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 55%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)
- 886Total filings over 6 yrs
- 51.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 56.6%Peak (2016)
- 135Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 6 months.
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.
- 27.0%Housing insecurity
- 15.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 30.5%Food insecurity
- 21.4%SNAP enrollment
- 14.9%Transit barriers
- 16.0%No health insurance
- 19.0%Frequent mental distress
- 28.6%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Battle Monument
Average gross rent is $840, 35% below the Trenton average. Against the Mercer County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.2 points. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
This is renter territory: 73% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Mercer County average of 46.5%.
Housing insecurity runs 27.0% against 14.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 30.5% against 17.8% nationally. Running cool, economic stress reads 2/10.
Court records carry 886 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 56.6% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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.
In a typical year about 51.9% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021001600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001600?
Census tract 34021001600 in the Battle Monument neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 34021001600?
Median gross rent is $840/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001600?
8.0% of residents in tract 34021001600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,534.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 68th, minority 99th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 34021001600 considered part of Battle Monument?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001600 fall within Battle Monument (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001600?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 886 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 51.86% of renter households, peaking at 56.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021001600 struggle to pay rent?
About 27.0% 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. 15.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021001600 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021001600 scores 7.9/10, 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 34021001600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 55% 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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