Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Perkasie Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42017102401 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,113
Tract 42017102401 sits in Perkasie, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. It is home to 4,113 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,562
Renter share36.0%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$87,019
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Perkasie and the region
Centroid at 40.3777, -75.2958 · click any tract to drill in
Why Perkasie scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Perkasie
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,069 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Perkasie
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Perkasie
6.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Perkasie
4.2
How Perkasie compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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)
- 71Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2002)
- 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 275% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Perkasie
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
It sits 1.2 points above the Bucks County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 71 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Average gross rent is $1,069, 11% below the Perkasie average. Filings peaked in 2002 at 3.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $87,019, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Rent takes 30% or more of income for 41% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017102401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017102401?
Census tract 42017102401 in Perkasie scores 5.2/10 (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 42017102401?
Median gross rent is $1,069/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017102401?
13.0% of residents in tract 42017102401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,113.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017102401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 46th, minority 23th, housing 16th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017102401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017102401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.89% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017102401 compare to Perkasie overall?
Tract 42017102401 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Perkasie at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Perkasie; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Perkasie
Top eight tracts in Perkasie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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