Within county
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017100306 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42017100306 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,089
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 42017100306 in Bucks County, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,089. Against Bucks County at 41.8%, 14% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,755
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$61,920
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.1062, -74.8836 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017100306 scores 5.3
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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$957 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 42017100306 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 656Total filings over 7 yrs
- 20.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 36.3%Peak (2001)
- 52Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 65% 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 42017100306
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Against the Bucks County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. The filing record is not thin: 656 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 36.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 20.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent runs $957 a month. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $61,920.
48% 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 42017100306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100306?
Census tract 42017100306 in Bucks County scores 5.3/10 (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 42017100306?
Median gross rent is $957/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017100306?
8.2% of residents in tract 42017100306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,089.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100306?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 77th, minority 73th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100306?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 656 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100306 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.76% of renter households, peaking at 36.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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