Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #2,892 of 84,120 nationally
Top Road Eviction Risk: Elevated , Trenton
Tract 34021001800 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 4,579 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
Census tract 34021001800 runs through Top Road in Trenton. With 4,579 residents, it scores 7.4/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #1,703 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 36% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,663 monthly, set against $61,250 in average yearly household income, roughly 33% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,700
Renter share57.8%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$61,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2394, -74.7438 · click any tract to drill in
Why Top Road scores 7.6
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
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,663 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 Top Road compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 29%Grade C
- 12%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)
- 551Total filings over 6 yrs
- 11.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.4%Peak (2016)
- 93Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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.
- 22.6%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.8%Food insecurity
- 17.3%SNAP enrollment
- 12.7%Transit barriers
- 18.4%No health insurance
- 18.0%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Top Road
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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 22.6% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 13.3% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 95th 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.
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 34021001800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001800?
Census tract 34021001800 in the Top Road neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 34021001800?
Median gross rent is $1,663/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001800?
15.9% of residents in tract 34021001800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,579.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 77th, minority 80th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 34021001800 considered part of Top Road?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001800 fall within Top Road (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 551 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.27% of renter households, peaking at 13.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021001800 struggle to pay rent?
About 22.6% 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. 13.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021001800 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021001800 scores 7.6/10, 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 34021001800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 12% 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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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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9.1
/ 10 · Very High
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8.9
/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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