Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Thorndale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42029304201 · Chester County, PA · pop 7,109 · 47% of tract blocks fall in Thorndale
42029304201 is a census tract in Thorndale, PA. It scores 4/10 for landlords. It is home to 7,109 residents. Against Chester County at 41.5%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,904
Renter share24.2%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$101,571
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Thorndale and the region
Centroid at 40.0059, -75.7350 · click any tract to drill in
Why Thorndale scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Thorndale
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,707 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Thorndale
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Thorndale
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Thorndale
5.3
How Thorndale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 999Total filings over 7 yrs
- 24.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 33.9%Peak (2006)
- 198Filings 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 Thorndale
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.5/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Court records carry 999 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.1/10.
Average gross rent is $1,707, 12% below the Thorndale average. Filings peaked in 2006 at 33.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 24.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 42% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
Social vulnerability reads 3.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029304201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029304201?
Census tract 42029304201 in Thorndale 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 42029304201?
Median gross rent is $1,707/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029304201?
3.3% of residents in tract 42029304201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,109.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029304201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 23th, minority 34th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029304201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 999 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029304201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 24.77% of renter households, peaking at 33.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029304201 compare to Thorndale overall?
Tract 42029304201 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Thorndale at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Thorndale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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