Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,543 of 84,120 nationally
East Trenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 34021002800 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 6,936 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
East Trenton in Trenton is where census tract 34021002800 sits, home to 6,936 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.3/10. That is riskier than about 83% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,175 a month against an average household income of $77,500 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,524
Renter share29.6%
SVI overall0.64
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$77,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Trenton and the region
Centroid at 40.2282, -74.7236 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Trenton scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Trenton
6.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,175 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Trenton
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Trenton
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Trenton
5.0
How East Trenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 64
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
- 67%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)
- 974Total filings over 6 yrs
- 18.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 29.4%Peak (2013)
- 160Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% 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.
- 23.1%Housing insecurity
- 13.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 25.8%Food insecurity
- 16.8%SNAP enrollment
- 12.7%Transit barriers
- 16.8%No health insurance
- 17.6%Frequent mental distress
- 26.9%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Trenton
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.8/10. 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 below the Mercer County average of 6.7 and in line with the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is Black and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 34021002800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021002800?
Census tract 34021002800 in the East Trenton neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (Lower 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 34021002800?
Median gross rent is $1,175/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021002800?
9.7% of residents in tract 34021002800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,936.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021002800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 64th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 74th, minority 89th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 34021002800 considered part of East Trenton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021002800 fall within East Trenton (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021002800?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 974 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021002800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.56% of renter households, peaking at 29.4% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021002800 struggle to pay rent?
About 23.1% 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 34021002800 compare to Trenton overall?
Tract 34021002800 scores 3.8/10, 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 34021002800 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. 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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