Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Laurier Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Chester
Tract 42029980000 · Chester County, PA · pop 3,983 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 42029980000 in the Laurier area of West Chester, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 60% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 100%
Tract context
SVI overall-10.00
Poverty rate0.0%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Chester and the region
Centroid at 39.9520, -75.6006 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laurier scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Chester
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Chester
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Chester
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Chester
7.1
How Laurier compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: -1,000
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- -1,000%Socioeconomic
- -1,000%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- -1,000%Housing & transportation
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laurier
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Against the Chester County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.1/10. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Model confidence here is 60%, lower than typical because some ACS inputs for this tract carry wide margins of error, so read the score as a band, not a point.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029980000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029980000?
Census tract 42029980000 in the Laurier neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42029980000?
0.0% of residents in tract 42029980000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,983.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029980000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the -1000th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic -1000th, household -1000th, minority 44th, housing -1000th.
Q4
Is tract 42029980000 considered part of Laurier?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42029980000 fall within Laurier (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How does tract 42029980000 compare to West Chester overall?
Tract 42029980000 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of West Chester at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Chester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in West Chester
Top eight tracts in West Chester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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