Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #59,654 of 84,120 nationally
Avonwood Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42029300101 · Chester County, PA · pop 3,058 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 42029300101 sits in the Avonwood area of Chester County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.4/10. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,197
Renter share22.0%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$160,729
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
30
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chester County and the region
Centroid at 40.0792, -75.4328 · click any tract to drill in
Why Avonwood scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,455 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Avonwood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 4Total filings over 3 yrs
- 0.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2005)
- 1Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Avonwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Avonwood
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 35% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Chester County average of 41.5%. It sits 1.0 points below the Chester County average of 4.4.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 3.1/10. Court records carry 4 eviction filings across 3 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2005 at 1.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Only 22% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.1/10. Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $160,729, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029300101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029300101?
Census tract 42029300101 in the Avonwood neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 42029300101?
Median gross rent is $1,455/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029300101?
1.6% of residents in tract 42029300101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,058.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029300101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 16th, minority 38th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 42029300101 considered part of Avonwood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42029300101 fall within Avonwood (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029300101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 4 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 42029300101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.70% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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