1 census tracts · pop 633 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10
· range 3.8–3.8
Thornberry is a one-tract neighborhood of Pennsbury Village, PA and houses 633 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.8/10, in the Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 35%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The main counterweight is tenant-organizing strength, at 1.8/10. Against a Pennsbury Village baseline of 31.1%, 39% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The voucher gap is 20.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. Well under the midpoint is economic stress, at 2.4/10.
Court records for this tract carry 7 eviction filings. Running cool is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 3.6% of renter households. Judgments average 1.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Average gross rent runs $1,538, close to the Pennsbury Village average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $69,444. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 3.8/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Thornberry vs Pennsbury VillageHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority6%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport8%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Thornberry
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
7Total filings (sum)
1.89%Avg annual filing rate
3.6%Peak year (2006)
3.61%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Thornberry
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Thornberry?
Thornberry scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Thornberry compare to Pennsbury Village overall?
Thornberry scores 0.1 points higher than Pennsbury Village overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 39% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,538 vs $1,496.
Q3
What is the average rent in Thornberry?
Average gross rent in Thornberry is $1,538/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Thornberry residents are renters?
32% of Thornberry households are renter-occupied (vs 29% in Pennsbury Village). The neighborhood has 633 residents.
Q5
Is Thornberry a high social-vulnerability area?
Thornberry sits in the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Thornberry for landlords?
Thornberry carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Pennsbury Village as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Thornberry?
Thornberry has 672 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (94.5%), Other / Multiracial (2.5%), Hispanic / Latino (1.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
