Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Etra Eviction Risk: Lower , Hightstown
Tract 34021004404 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 8,144 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
34021004404 is a census tract in the Etra area of Twin Rivers, NJ. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 8,144. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,984
Renter share29.9%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate3.0%
Median income$98,831
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hightstown and the region
Centroid at 40.2590, -74.4875 · click any tract to drill in
Why Etra scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hightstown
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
7.0
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
3.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,583 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hightstown
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hightstown
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hightstown
3.3
How Etra compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 325Total filings over 6 yrs
- 10.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.3%Peak (2014)
- 35Filings in 2018 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% 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.
- 14.3%Housing insecurity
- 7.2%Utility-shutoff threat
- 15.5%Food insecurity
- 7.8%SNAP enrollment
- 7.7%Transit barriers
- 14.8%No health insurance
- 14.5%Frequent mental distress
- 22.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Etra
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. It sits 2.0 points below the Mercer County average of 5.7.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs 40% here against 46.5% across Mercer County. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 325 evictions over 6 years of observation. SNAP participation runs 7.8% against 15.2% nationally. Average gross rent is $1,583, 10% below the Twin Rivers average.
Filings peaked in 2014 at 19.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 10.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Statewide the NJ average is 6.0, so this tract runs 2.3 points cooler.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021004404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021004404?
Census tract 34021004404 in the Etra neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 34021004404?
Median gross rent is $1,583/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021004404?
3.0% of residents in tract 34021004404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,144.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021004404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 36th, minority 70th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 34021004404 considered part of Etra?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021004404 fall within Etra (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021004404?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 325 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 34021004404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.73% of renter households, peaking at 19.3% in 2014. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021004404 struggle to pay rent?
About 14.3% 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. 7.2% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021004404 compare to Hightstown overall?
Tract 34021004404 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Hightstown at 4.6/10. 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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