Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Witherspoon-Jackson Eviction Risk: Moderate , Princeton
Tract 34021004501 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 7,006 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 34021004501 covers part of the Witherspoon-Jackson area of Princeton, NJ, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units682
Renter share51.9%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$191,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Princeton and the region
Centroid at 40.3493, -74.6536 · click any tract to drill in
Why Witherspoon-Jackson scores 5.3
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
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,446 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 Witherspoon-Jackson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 16Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2015)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Witherspoon-Jackson. 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.
- 8.1%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 9.3%Food insecurity
- 3.2%SNAP enrollment
- 7.2%Transit barriers
- 6.7%No health insurance
- 18.8%Frequent mental distress
- 16.8%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Witherspoon-Jackson
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.6/10. Disability prevalence runs 16.8% against 31.5% nationally. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. SNAP participation runs 3.2% against 15.2% nationally.
The voucher gap is 20.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Cost burden runs 40% here against 46.5% across Mercer County. Court records carry 16 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2015 at 1.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 3.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $191,167, annual rent is just 15%.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 34021004501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021004501?
Census tract 34021004501 in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 34021004501?
Median gross rent is $2,446/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34021004501?
6.2% of residents in tract 34021004501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,006.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34021004501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 1th, minority 63th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 34021004501 considered part of Witherspoon-Jackson?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021004501 fall within Witherspoon-Jackson (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34021004501?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 34021004501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.23% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34021004501 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.1% 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. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34021004501 compare to Princeton overall?
Tract 34021004501 scores 5.3/10, 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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