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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Fairless Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42017100406 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,516 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Fairless Hills

Census tract 42017100406 covers part of Fairless Hills, PA, and scores 4.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 15% here against 41.8% across Bucks County.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
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 parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Fairless Hills
Very Low
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#52 of 147 tracts In Bucks County
Elevated
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#1,700 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
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 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Fairless Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 1004064.1Fairless Hillsparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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)

  • 49Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.18%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.0%Peak (2001)
  • 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42017100406
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

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.6/10.

Court records carry 49 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,542, 13% above the Fairless Hills average.

The worst year on record was 2001, when 4.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 46th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.6/10. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

It tracks the Bucks County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $89,750. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42017100406

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100406?

Census tract 42017100406 in Fairless Hills 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 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 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Fairless Hills at 4.1/10. 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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