Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017102002 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017102002 · Bucks County, PA · pop 2,969
42017102002 is a census tract in Bucks County, PA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,969 residents. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units976
Renter share7.2%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate2.5%
Median income$152,273
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.3364, -75.1793 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017102002 scores 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
2.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,857 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 42017102002 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 21Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2006)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% 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 42017102002
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Cost burden runs 50% here against 41.8% across Bucks County. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the Bucks County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 21 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 5.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.1/10. Against average income of $152,273, annual rent is just 15%. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.
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 42017102002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017102002?
Census tract 42017102002 in Bucks County scores 3/10 (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 average rent in tract 42017102002?
Median gross rent is $1,857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017102002?
2.5% of residents in tract 42017102002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,969.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017102002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 9th, minority 16th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017102002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017102002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.46% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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