Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Dogwood Hollow Eviction Risk: Moderate , Levittown
Tract 42017100403 · Bucks County, PA · pop 2,155 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
42017100403 is a census tract in the Dogwood Hollow area of Bucks County, PA. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,155. 26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units909
Renter share19.3%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$56,985
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Levittown and the region
Centroid at 40.1288, -74.8449 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dogwood Hollow scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Levittown
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,182 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Levittown
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Levittown
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Levittown
5.0
How Dogwood Hollow compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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)
- 201Total filings over 7 yrs
- 14.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.1%Peak (2002)
- 34Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Dogwood Hollow. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dogwood Hollow
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.6/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10.
Against the Bucks County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Court records carry 201 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 21.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 15.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
39% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
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 42017100403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100403?
Census tract 42017100403 in the Dogwood Hollow neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 42017100403?
Median gross rent is $1,182/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017100403?
14.9% of residents in tract 42017100403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,155.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 85th, minority 63th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 42017100403 considered part of Dogwood Hollow?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42017100403 fall within Dogwood Hollow (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100403?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 201 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100403 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.97% of renter households, peaking at 21.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42017100403 compare to Levittown overall?
Tract 42017100403 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Levittown at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Levittown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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