Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Phoenixville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42029300600 · Chester County, PA · pop 6,081
Tract 42029300600 sits in Phoenixville eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. 20% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Chester County average of 41.5%.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,791
Renter share39.9%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$145,114
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Phoenixville and the region
Centroid at 40.1455, -75.5217 · click any tract to drill in
Why Phoenixville scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Phoenixville
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$2,029 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Phoenixville
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Phoenixville
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Phoenixville
4.7
How Phoenixville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 166Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.9%Peak (2000)
- 29Filings 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 Phoenixville
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10.
Average gross rent is $2,029, 17% above the Phoenixville average. Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.8/10.
Court records carry 166 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The voucher gap is 12.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Filings peaked in 2000 at 6.9% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $145,114, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029300600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029300600?
Census tract 42029300600 in Phoenixville 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 42029300600?
Median gross rent is $2,029/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029300600?
6.2% of residents in tract 42029300600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,081.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029300600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 13th, minority 26th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029300600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 166 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029300600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.74% of renter households, peaking at 6.9% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029300600 compare to Phoenixville overall?
Tract 42029300600 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Phoenixville at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Phoenixville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Phoenixville
Top eight tracts in Phoenixville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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