Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017100303 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42017100303 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,052
Tract 42017100303 sits in Bucks County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,820
Renter share31.4%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate20.1%
Median income$68,906
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.1168, -74.8619 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017100303 scores 5.4
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
20.1% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,086 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 42017100303 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 65%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 589Total filings over 7 yrs
- 14.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 25.7%Peak (2006)
- 130Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 165% 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 42017100303
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. It sits 1.4 points above the Bucks County average of 4.0.
The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against Bucks County at 41.8%, 47% of renters here are cost-burdened. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 589 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 25.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 14.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10. 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. Average gross rent runs $1,086 a month.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $68,906.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017100303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100303?
Census tract 42017100303 in Bucks County 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 42017100303?
Median gross rent is $1,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017100303?
20.1% of residents in tract 42017100303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 84th, minority 65th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 589 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.95% of renter households, peaking at 25.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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