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Notting Hill Eviction Risk: Lower , Hamilton Square

Tract 34021003007 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 3,089 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 34021003007 runs through Notting Hill in Hamilton Square. With 3,089 residents, it scores 6.5/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 87% of US census tracts.

69% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 53% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,359 monthly, set against $138,720 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 7% of occupied homes.

Risk score
1.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5% Stable renters 2% Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units1,106
Renter share6.7%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$138,720

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Notting Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Hamilton Square
Very High
Within county
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#78 of 84 tracts In Mercer County
Very Low
Within state
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#2,002 of 2,175 tracts In New Jersey
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hamilton Square and the region

Centroid at 40.2291, -74.6494 · click any tract to drill in

Why Notting Hill scores 1.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,359 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Notting Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Notting Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.41.4This tracttract 003007Hamilton Square: 7.17.1Hamilton Squareparent cityCounty: 4.44.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 4.34.3Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 18Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 5.55%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.8%Peak (2014)
  • 4Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2013 to 2018
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 340210030072013: 1 filings (1.47/100 renter HHs)2014: 6 filings (8.82/100 renter HHs)2015: 3 filings (4.41/100 renter HHs)2016: 1 filings (2.33/100 renter HHs)2017: 3 filings (6.98/100 renter HHs)2018: 4 filings (9.30/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 300% 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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Notting Hill

What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 6.6/10. 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 Hamilton Square, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.

Princeton eviction risk's Eviction Lab logged 18 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.8% of renter households in 2014.

In CDC survey modeling, about 8.7% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.0% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

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 34021003007

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021003007?

Census tract 34021003007 in the Notting Hill neighborhood scores 1.4/10 (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 34021003007?

Median gross rent is $1,359/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 34021003007?

6.1% of residents in tract 34021003007 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,089.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 34021003007?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 33th, minority 21th, housing 2th.
Q5

Is tract 34021003007 considered part of Notting Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021003007 fall within Notting Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021003007?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 18 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021003007 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.55% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

What share of households in tract 34021003007 struggle to pay rent?

About 8.7% 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. 5.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8

How does tract 34021003007 compare to Hamilton Square overall?

Tract 34021003007 scores 1.4/10, lower than the parent city of Hamilton Square at 7.1/10. 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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