Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Perkasie Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017102402 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,017
Perkasie is where census tract 42017102402 sits, home to 5,017 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.2/10. On the national scale it ranks #46,364 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,308 monthly, set against $120,000 in average yearly household income, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
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
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very 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 1.6
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
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.4/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Perkasie, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Bucks County average of 5.4 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 229 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 7.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.5% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017102402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017102402?
Census tract 42017102402 in Perkasie scores 1.6/10 (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 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Perkasie at 3.8/10. 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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