Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,730 of 84,120 nationally
East Trenton Eviction Risk: High
Tract 34021001900 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 1,737 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 34021001900 covers part of the East Trenton area of Trenton, NJ, and scores 8.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,737 residents. The severe-burden share is 60%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8.4
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units560
Renter share70.4%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate63.2%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2320, -74.7458 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Trenton 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
63.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$987 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 East Trenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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
- 0%Grade C
- 47%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)
- 538Total filings over 6 yrs
- 33.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 42.0%Peak (2016)
- 81Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 19% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Trenton. 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.
- 41.0%Housing insecurity
- 29.1%Utility-shutoff threat
- 53.5%Food insecurity
- 47.6%SNAP enrollment
- 26.0%Transit barriers
- 30.9%No health insurance
- 21.7%Frequent mental distress
- 40.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Trenton
Cost burden runs roughly two in three here against 46.5% across Mercer County. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. Food insecurity runs 53.5% against 17.8% nationally.
Housing insecurity runs 41.0% against 14.2% nationally. The poverty rate is 63%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Mercer County average of 5.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.7 points.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.3/10. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10.
70% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. At $987 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Trenton commands. The filing record is not thin: 538 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 42.0% 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 33.1% 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 34021001900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021001900?
Census tract 34021001900 in the East Trenton 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 34021001900?
Median gross rent is $987/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021001900?
63.2% of residents in tract 34021001900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,737.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021001900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 87th, minority 87th, housing 99th.
Q5
Is tract 34021001900 considered part of East Trenton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021001900 fall within East Trenton (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021001900?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 538 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021001900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.10% of renter households, peaking at 42.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021001900 struggle to pay rent?
About 41.0% 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. 29.1% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021001900 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021001900 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 34021001900 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. 47% 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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