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Census Tract · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally

Reading Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42011000500 · Berks County, PA · pop 4,119

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42011000500 (Reading, Pennsylvania) comes in at 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,103 a month against an average household income of $57,581 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 38% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,398
Renter share50.5%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate4.8%
Median income$57,581

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
4 th percentile
Rank, 4th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 28 tracts In Reading
Very Low
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#31 of 107 tracts In Berks County
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#968 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
National
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#26,446 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Reading and the region

Centroid at 40.3627, -75.9215 · click any tract to drill in

Why Reading scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Reading
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.8% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,103 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Reading
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Reading
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Reading
8.2

How Reading compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Reading risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 000500Reading: 4.44.4Readingparent cityCounty: 3.83.8Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

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)

  • 199Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 8.32%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.8%Peak (2005)
  • 30Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420110005002000: 19 filings (6.30/100 renter HHs)2001: 22 filings (7.30/100 renter HHs)2002: 23 filings (7.63/100 renter HHs)2003: 33 filings (10.94/100 renter HHs)2004: 32 filings (10.61/100 renter HHs)2005: 40 filings (8.83/100 renter HHs)2006: 30 filings (6.62/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 58% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Reading

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Reading eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Berks County average of 5.7 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 199 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 8.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.8% of renter households in 2005.

The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 61st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42011000500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42011000500?

Census tract 42011000500 in Reading scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 42011000500?

Median gross rent is $1,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42011000500?

4.8% of residents in tract 42011000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,119.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42011000500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 77th, minority 84th, housing 19th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42011000500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 199 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42011000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.32% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42011000500 compare to Reading overall?

Tract 42011000500 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Reading at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Reading eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Reading

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

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