Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Institute Area Eviction Risk: Moderate , Princeton
Tract 34021004204 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 5,599 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 34021004204 sits in the Institute Area area of Princeton eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. Against Mercer County at 46.5%, about a quarter of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,675
Renter share39.8%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$184,288
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Princeton and the region
Centroid at 40.3334, -74.6683 · click any tract to drill in
Why Institute Area scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Princeton
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,872 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Princeton
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Princeton
8.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Princeton
4.3
How Institute Area compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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)
- 26Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.6%Peak (2013)
- 2Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 67% 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.
- 6.2%Housing insecurity
- 3.4%Utility-shutoff threat
- 6.6%Food insecurity
- 2.8%SNAP enrollment
- 4.5%Transit barriers
- 5.4%No health insurance
- 12.5%Frequent mental distress
- 16.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Institute Area
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. At $1,872 a month, rents run 29% under what the rest of Princeton commands.
SNAP participation runs 2.8% against 15.2% nationally. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Food insecurity runs 6.6% against 17.8% nationally.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Court records carry 26 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2013 at 0.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 0.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021004204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021004204?
Census tract 34021004204 in the Institute Area neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 34021004204?
Median gross rent is $1,872/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021004204?
9.3% of residents in tract 34021004204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,599.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021004204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 7th, minority 49th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 34021004204 considered part of Institute Area?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021004204 fall within Institute Area (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021004204?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021004204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.50% of renter households, peaking at 0.6% in 2013. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021004204 struggle to pay rent?
About 6.2% 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. 3.4% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021004204 compare to Princeton overall?
Tract 34021004204 scores 5.6/10, lower than the parent city of Princeton at 6.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Princeton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Princeton
Top eight tracts in Princeton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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