2 census tracts · pop 9,744 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.8/10
· range 3.6–4.3
Brandywine at Thornbury is a 2-tract neighborhood of Cheyney University, PA, population 9,744. Scored across those inputs it reaches 3.8/10, placing it in the Lower tier. The severe-burden share is 54%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 71% against 20.5% citywide, putting Brandywine at Thornbury 50.8% over its own city. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.1/10.
The voucher gap is 29.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. On the high side is supply constraint at 8/10. Court records carry 113 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
Average gross rent is $2,334, 12% above the Cheyney University average of $2,075. The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 7.6% of renter households.
Judgments average 1.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. At 19% renter-occupied, this is predominantly owner territory, and rental comps have to be drawn from further out.
Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Its 2 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
With little internal variation, 3.8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Brandywine at Thornbury vs Cheyney UniversityHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority15%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport18%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Brandywine at Thornbury
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
113Total filings (sum)
2.60%Avg annual filing rate
7.6%Peak year (2006)
3.45%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Brandywine at Thornbury
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Brandywine at Thornbury?
Brandywine at Thornbury scores 3.8/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Brandywine at Thornbury compare to Cheyney University overall?
Brandywine at Thornbury scores 1.1 points lower than Cheyney University overall (4.9/10). Renters spend 71% of income on rent vs 21% citywide. Average rent: $2,334 vs $2,075.
Q3
What is the average rent in Brandywine at Thornbury?
Average gross rent in Brandywine at Thornbury is $2,334/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Brandywine at Thornbury residents are renters?
19% of Brandywine at Thornbury households are renter-occupied (vs 18% in Cheyney University). The neighborhood has 9,744 residents.
Q5
Is Brandywine at Thornbury a high social-vulnerability area?
Brandywine at Thornbury sits in the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Brandywine at Thornbury have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Brandywine at Thornbury is census tract 42029303000 (score 4.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.6 to 4.3, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Brandywine at Thornbury for landlords?
Brandywine at Thornbury carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Cheyney University as a whole (4.9/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Brandywine at Thornbury?
Brandywine at Thornbury has 9,567 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (87.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (3.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
