Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Cochranville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42029307700 · Chester County, PA · pop 2,541 · 12% of tract blocks fall in Cochranville
42029307700 is a census tract in Cochranville, PA. It scores 4/10 for landlords. Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 41.5% across Chester County.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units844
Renter share16.6%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$93,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Cochranville and the region
Centroid at 39.9002, -75.9555 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cochranville scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Cochranville
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,208 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Cochranville
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Cochranville
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Cochranville
2.2
How Cochranville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 74Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2005)
- 7Filings 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 Cochranville
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.7/10. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 1.9/10. Well under the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 2.2/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 74 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 13.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $93,167, annual rent is just 16%.
It tracks the Chester County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,208, close to the Cochranville average.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029307700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029307700?
Census tract 42029307700 in Cochranville scores 4/10 (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 42029307700?
Median gross rent is $1,208/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029307700?
9.0% of residents in tract 42029307700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,541.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029307700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 37th, minority 16th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029307700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029307700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.59% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029307700 compare to Cochranville overall?
Tract 42029307700 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Cochranville at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Cochranville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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