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Census Tract · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Doylestown Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42017104701 · Bucks County, PA · pop 2,947 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Doylestown

42017104701 is a census tract in Doylestown, PA. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. Against Bucks County at 41.8%, around two-thirds of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 39% Stable renters 21% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,732
Renter share60.1%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$76,939

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Doylestown
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 147 tracts In Bucks County
Very High
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#902 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
National
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#23,808 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Doylestown and the region

Centroid at 40.3183, -75.1344 · click any tract to drill in

Why Doylestown scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Doylestown
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,851 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Doylestown
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Doylestown
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Doylestown
5.3

How Doylestown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Doylestown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 1047014.6Doylestownparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 45

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)

  • 60Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 0.71%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.0%Peak (2006)
  • 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42017104701
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 Doylestown

37% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Against the Bucks County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Court records carry 60 eviction filings across 7 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2006 at 1.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 72nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42017104701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017104701?

Census tract 42017104701 in Doylestown scores 5.5/10 (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 42017104701?

Median gross rent is $1,851/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42017104701?

7.7% of residents in tract 42017104701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,947.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42017104701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 66th, minority 12th, housing 74th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017104701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017104701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.71% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42017104701 compare to Doylestown overall?

Tract 42017104701 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Doylestown at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Doylestown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Doylestown

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

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