Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Sellersville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42017102500 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,778 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Sellersville
Tract 42017102500 sits in Sellersville, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. Population here is 4,778. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.6/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,966
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$88,177
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sellersville and the region
Centroid at 40.3605, -75.3069 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sellersville scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sellersville
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,344 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sellersville
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sellersville
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sellersville
3.7
How Sellersville 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.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 154Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2000)
- 24Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sellersville
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8/10. Court records carry 154 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Filings peaked in 2000 at 4.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Bucks County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $1,344, close to the Sellersville average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017102500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017102500?
Census tract 42017102500 in Sellersville scores 4.5/10 (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 42017102500?
Median gross rent is $1,344/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017102500?
6.2% of residents in tract 42017102500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,778.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017102500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 30th, minority 22th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017102500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017102500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.81% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017102500 compare to Sellersville overall?
Tract 42017102500 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Sellersville at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sellersville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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