Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally
Bethel Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42011010100 · Berks County, PA · pop 5,479 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Bethel
With a score of 4.4/10, tract 42011010100 in Bethel in Berks County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 5,479 residents. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
16% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,048 a month while the average household earns $91,250 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,937
Renter share15.2%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate9.8%
Median income$91,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
60
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bethel and the region
Centroid at 40.5052, -76.2703 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bethel scores 4.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bethel
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
9.8% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bethel
2.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bethel
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bethel
3.1
How Bethel compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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)
- 92Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.3%Peak (2004)
- 10Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bethel
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 4.4/10. 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 Bethel, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Berks County average of 5.7 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 92 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.3% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42011010100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42011010100?
Census tract 42011010100 in Bethel scores 4.2/10 (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 42011010100?
Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42011010100?
9.8% of residents in tract 42011010100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,479.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42011010100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 12th, minority 2th, housing 19th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42011010100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42011010100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.50% of renter households, peaking at 4.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42011010100 compare to Bethel overall?
Tract 42011010100 scores 4.2/10, lower than the parent city of Bethel at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bethel; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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