Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Perkasie Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017102402 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,017
Census tract 42017102402 covers part of Perkasie, PA, and scores 3.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,906
Renter share23.9%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$120,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Perkasie and the region
Centroid at 40.3681, -75.2877 · click any tract to drill in
Why Perkasie scores 3.4
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 10%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)
- 229Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2005)
- 42Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 91% 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
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. 36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Bucks County average of 41.8%.
The filing record is not thin: 229 evictions over 7 years of observation. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
It sits 0.6 points below the Bucks County average of 4.0. The worst year on record was 2005, when 9.5% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $1,308, 9% above the Perkasie average.
In a typical year about 7.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #59,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 24% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $120,000, annual rent is just 13%.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017102402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017102402?
Census tract 42017102402 in Perkasie 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 42017102402?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017102402?
3.4% of residents in tract 42017102402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,017.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017102402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 10th, minority 10th, housing 10th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017102402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 229 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017102402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.41% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017102402 compare to Perkasie overall?
Tract 42017102402 scores 3.4/10, lower 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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