2 census tracts · pop 5,802 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.9/10
· range 3–5.1
Cedar Cliff takes in 2 census tracts of Lower Allen, PA and houses 5,802 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3.9/10, Lower tier. At $398 a month, rents sit 66% under what the rest of Lower Allen commands.
Cost burden runs 22% against 31.8% citywide, putting Cedar Cliff 10.1% under its own city. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 3 to 5.1, a 2.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
The main counterweight is economic stress, at 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 22 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2000 at 1.8% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 1.4% in 2004 against a 1.8% peak. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $23,222.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 3.9 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
2 tracts · population-weighted
Cedar Cliff vs Lower AllenHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority33%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport52%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Cedar Cliff
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
22Total filings (sum)
1.65%Avg annual filing rate
1.8%Peak year (2000)
1.35%Latest filed (2004)
Frequently asked
About Cedar Cliff
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Cedar Cliff?
Cedar Cliff scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Cedar Cliff compare to Lower Allen overall?
Cedar Cliff scores 0.1 points lower than Lower Allen overall (4/10). Renters spend 22% of income on rent vs 32% citywide. Average rent: $398 vs $1,171.
Q3
What is the average rent in Cedar Cliff?
Average gross rent in Cedar Cliff is $398/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Cedar Cliff residents are renters?
24% of Cedar Cliff households are renter-occupied (vs 36% in Lower Allen). The neighborhood has 5,802 residents.
Q5
Is Cedar Cliff a high social-vulnerability area?
Cedar Cliff sits in the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Cedar Cliff have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Cedar Cliff is census tract 42041011002 (score 5.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3 to 5.1, a spread of 2.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Cedar Cliff for landlords?
Cedar Cliff carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.9/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Lower Allen as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Cedar Cliff?
Cedar Cliff has 5,693 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (56.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (23.6%), Hispanic / Latino (11.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
