Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Fairless Hills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017100406 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,516 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Fairless Hills
Tract 42017100406 covers Fairless Hills in Pennsylvania. Home to 4,516 residents, it scores 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 15% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,542 a month against an average household income of $89,750 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,673
Renter share35.8%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$89,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairless Hills and the region
Centroid at 40.1646, -74.8527 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairless Hills scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fairless Hills
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,542 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairless Hills
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairless Hills
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairless Hills
7.2
How Fairless Hills 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.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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)
- 49Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2001)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairless Hills
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Fairless Hills, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Bucks County average of 5.4 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 49 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2001.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017100406
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100406?
Census tract 42017100406 in Fairless Hills scores 2.9/10 (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 42017100406?
Median gross rent is $1,542/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017100406?
2.3% of residents in tract 42017100406 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,516.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100406?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 33th, minority 29th, housing 43th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100406?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 49 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100406 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.18% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017100406 compare to Fairless Hills overall?
Tract 42017100406 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Fairless Hills at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairless Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fairless Hills
Top eight tracts in Fairless Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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