Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Etra Eviction Risk: Lower , Hightstown
Tract 34021004403 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 5,864 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
Tract 34021004403 covers Etra in Hightstown in New Jersey. Home to 5,864 residents, it scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #24,122 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,638 a month while the average household earns $107,431 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,967
Renter share29.2%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate1.5%
Median income$107,431
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
10
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hightstown and the region
Centroid at 40.2685, -74.5258 · click any tract to drill in
Why Etra scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hightstown
7.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
1.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,638 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hightstown
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hightstown
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hightstown
2.9
How Etra compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 19%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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)
- 119Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.60%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2015)
- 19Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Etra. 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.
- 12.0%Housing insecurity
- 5.9%Utility-shutoff threat
- 12.3%Food insecurity
- 5.8%SNAP enrollment
- 6.5%Transit barriers
- 12.5%No health insurance
- 14.4%Frequent mental distress
- 20.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Etra
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. 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 Hightstown, 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.
In CDC survey modeling, about 12.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 5.9% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 44th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021004403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021004403?
Census tract 34021004403 in the Etra neighborhood scores 1.6/10 (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 34021004403?
Median gross rent is $1,638/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021004403?
1.5% of residents in tract 34021004403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,864.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021004403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 19th, minority 61th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 34021004403 considered part of Etra?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021004403 fall within Etra (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021004403?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 119 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021004403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.60% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021004403 struggle to pay rent?
About 12.0% 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. 5.9% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021004403 compare to Hightstown overall?
Tract 34021004403 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Hightstown at 7.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hightstown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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