Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Plumsteadville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017104203 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,546 · 17% of tract blocks fall in Plumsteadville
With a score of 3/10, tract 42017104203 in Plumsteadville, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 10/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,945
Renter share11.5%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$139,145
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plumsteadville and the region
Centroid at 40.3658, -75.1283 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plumsteadville scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plumsteadville
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,786 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plumsteadville
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plumsteadville
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plumsteadville
5.4
How Plumsteadville 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.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 19%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 34Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2005)
- 7Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 133% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plumsteadville
The voucher gap is 54.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against Bucks County at 41.8%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $2,786, 26% above the Plumsteadville average.
It sits 1.0 points below the Bucks County average of 4.0. The filing record is not thin: 34 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 6.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 11% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017104203
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017104203?
Census tract 42017104203 in Plumsteadville 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 42017104203?
Median gross rent is $2,786/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017104203?
3.9% of residents in tract 42017104203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,546.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017104203?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 8th, minority 19th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017104203?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017104203 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.37% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017104203 compare to Plumsteadville overall?
Tract 42017104203 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Plumsteadville at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plumsteadville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Plumsteadville
Top eight tracts in Plumsteadville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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