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Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Levittown Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42017100401 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,805 · 81% of tract blocks fall in Levittown

Tract 42017100401 sits in Levittown eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. 42% 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 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 4% Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,267
Renter share24.5%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$69,212

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#2 of 12 tracts In Levittown
Very High
Within county
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#14 of 147 tracts In Bucks County
Very High
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#957 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
National
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#24,859 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Levittown and the region

Centroid at 40.1348, -74.8731 · click any tract to drill in

Why Levittown scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Levittown
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,491 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Levittown
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Levittown
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Levittown
6.1

How Levittown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Levittown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 1004014.0Levittownparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 59

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)

  • 231Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.0%Peak (2003)
  • 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42017100401
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 Levittown

Against Bucks County at 41.8%, 85% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.6/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. Against the Bucks County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

Running cool, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.8/10. Court records carry 231 eviction filings across 7 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2003, when 13.0% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 24% 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 6.3/10, 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.

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 42017100401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100401?

Census tract 42017100401 in Levittown 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 42017100401?

Median gross rent is $1,491/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 85% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42017100401?

14.8% of residents in tract 42017100401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,805.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 65th, minority 34th, housing 48th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 231 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.80% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42017100401 compare to Levittown overall?

Tract 42017100401 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Levittown

Top eight tracts in Levittown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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