Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Briarwood Eviction Risk: Lower , Hamilton Square
Tract 34021003002 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 5,738 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 34021003002 in the Briarwood area of Hamilton Square, NJ reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,738. Severe burden reaches 50%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,103
Renter share15.7%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$128,949
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hamilton Square and the region
Centroid at 40.2118, -74.6486 · click any tract to drill in
Why Briarwood scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hamilton Square
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,577 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hamilton Square
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hamilton Square
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hamilton Square
4.3
How Briarwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
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)
- 21Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.8%Peak (2013)
- 1Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 86% 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.
- 7.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.4%Food insecurity
- 3.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.4%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 12.9%Frequent mental distress
- 21.1%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Briarwood
It sits 2.7 points below the Mercer County average of 5.7. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Mercer County average of 46.5%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10. At $1,577 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Hamilton Square commands.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.2/10. SNAP participation runs 3.8% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 7.4% against 17.8% nationally.
Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 21 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2013, when 6.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021003002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021003002?
Census tract 34021003002 in the Briarwood neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 34021003002?
Median gross rent is $1,577/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021003002?
1.3% of residents in tract 34021003002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,738.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021003002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 33th, minority 27th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 34021003002 considered part of Briarwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021003002 fall within Briarwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021003002?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021003002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.15% of renter households, peaking at 6.8% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021003002 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.0% 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. 3.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021003002 compare to Hamilton Square overall?
Tract 34021003002 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hamilton Square at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hamilton Square; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hamilton Square
Top eight tracts in Hamilton Square ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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