Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Hamilton Square Eviction Risk: Lower , Mercerville
Tract 34021003006 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 4,849 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 34021003006, home to 4,849 residents in the Hamilton Square neighborhood of Mercerville, scores 5.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #42,820 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 16% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,500 a month against an average household income of $135,154 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 5% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,849
Renter share5.2%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.2%
Median income$135,154
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mercerville and the region
Centroid at 40.2400, -74.6662 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamilton Square scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mercerville
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,500 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mercerville
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mercerville
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mercerville
3.2
How Hamilton Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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
- 1%Grade B
- 17%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)
- 58Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2017)
- 10Filings 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.
- 7.7%Housing insecurity
- 4.3%Utility-shutoff threat
- 7.8%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 4.7%Transit barriers
- 7.0%No health insurance
- 13.6%Frequent mental distress
- 20.4%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamilton Square
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 6.2/10. 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 Mercerville, 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 below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021003006
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021003006?
Census tract 34021003006 in the Hamilton Square neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 34021003006?
Median gross rent is $1,500/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021003006?
1.2% of residents in tract 34021003006 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,849.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021003006?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 60th, minority 18th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 34021003006 considered part of Hamilton Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021003006 fall within Hamilton Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021003006?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021003006 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.30% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2017. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021003006 struggle to pay rent?
About 7.7% 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. 4.3% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021003006 compare to Mercerville overall?
Tract 34021003006 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Mercerville at 7.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mercerville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9
Was tract 34021003006 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Mercerville
Top eight tracts in Mercerville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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