Within county
80
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017100210 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017100210 · Bucks County, PA · pop 6,857
In Bucks, census tract 42017100210 scores 4.4/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #67,509 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
0% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $97,234 a year. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 94%
Tract context
Occupied units2,632
Renter share5.5%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$97,234
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.1161, -74.9160 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017100210 scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42017100210 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 314Total filings over 7 yrs
- 38.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 42.1%Peak (2001)
- 60Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 216% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42017100210
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 314 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 38.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 42.1% of renter households in 2001.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017100210
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100210?
Census tract 42017100210 in Bucks County scores 2.8/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42017100210?
10.7% of residents in tract 42017100210 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,857.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100210?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 61th, minority 40th, housing 49th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100210?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 314 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100210 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 38.52% of renter households, peaking at 42.1% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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