Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Brittany Farms-The Highlands Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017102004 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,150 · 73% of tract blocks fall in Brittany Farms-The Highlands
For landlords sizing up Brittany Farms-The Highlands in Bucks County, census tract 42017102004 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 51% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,874 a month against an average household income of $104,375 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,126
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$104,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brittany Farms-The Highlands and the region
Centroid at 40.2765, -75.2038 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brittany Farms-The Highlands scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brittany Farms-The Highlands
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,874 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brittany Farms-The Highlands
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brittany Farms-The Highlands
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brittany Farms-The Highlands
4.6
How Brittany Farms-The Highlands compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 30Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2002)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brittany Farms-The Highlands
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.3/10. 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 Brittany Farms-The Highlands, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Bucks County average of 5.4 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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 30 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017102004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017102004?
Census tract 42017102004 in Brittany Farms-The Highlands scores 1.6/10 (Lower 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 42017102004?
Median gross rent is $1,874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017102004?
0.8% of residents in tract 42017102004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,150.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017102004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 15th, minority 24th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017102004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017102004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.11% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017102004 compare to Brittany Farms-The Highlands overall?
Tract 42017102004 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Brittany Farms-The Highlands at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brittany Farms-The Highlands; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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