Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017102700 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017102700 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,184
With a score of 3.4/10, tract 42017102700 in Bucks County, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,184 residents. Against Bucks County at 41.8%, about three-quarters of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,205
Renter share20.7%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$118,931
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.3657, -75.3458 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017102700 scores 3.4
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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,627 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 42017102700 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 7%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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)
- 53Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2003)
- 6Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 500% 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 42017102700
The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 53 filings here across 7 tracked years. Against the Bucks County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 3.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 21% 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 3.5/10. Against average income of $118,931, annual rent is just 16%.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
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 42017102700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017102700?
Census tract 42017102700 in Bucks County scores 3.4/10 (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 42017102700?
Median gross rent is $1,627/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017102700?
4.3% of residents in tract 42017102700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,184.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017102700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 8th, minority 30th, housing 94th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017102700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017102700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.71% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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