Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

South Trenton Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 34021980000 · Mercer County, NJ · pop 731 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 34021980000 sits in the South Trenton area of Trenton eviction risk, NJ, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. It is home to 731 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.3/10.

Risk score

5.9

Moderate

Confidence 45% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 0% Owners 100%

Tract context

SVI overall-10.00

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Trenton and the region

Centroid at 40.2073, -74.7562 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Trenton scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Trenton

7.0

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

7.0

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

this tract poverty rate

3.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from Trenton

7.5

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

7.0

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Trenton

6.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Trenton

7.0

How South Trenton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: -1,000

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

-1,000%Socioeconomic
-1,000%Household composition
85%Racial/ethnic minority
-1,000%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Trenton. 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.

31.4%Housing insecurity
19.5%Utility-shutoff threat
35.9%Food insecurity
26.0%SNAP enrollment
18.2%Transit barriers
24.9%No health insurance
20.7%Frequent mental distress
28.5%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Trenton

Housing insecurity runs 31.4% against 14.2% nationally. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. SNAP participation runs 26.0% against 15.2% nationally.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 7/10. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Model confidence here is 45%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point. It tracks the Mercer County average of 5.7 closely.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 34021980000

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34021980000?

Census tract 34021980000 in the South Trenton neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34021980000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 85th, housing -1000th.

Is tract 34021980000 considered part of South Trenton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34021980000 fall within South Trenton (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

What share of households in tract 34021980000 struggle to pay rent?

About 31.4% 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. 19.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34021980000 compare to Trenton overall?

Tract 34021980000 scores 5.9/10, lower than the parent city of Trenton at 7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Trenton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Trenton

Top eight tracts in Trenton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.