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Neighborhood · Lawnton, PA

Chartwood Eviction Risk: Lower

1 census tracts · pop 3,810 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3/10 · range 3–3

Chartwood is a one-tract neighborhood of Lawnton, PA, population 3,810. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 3/10, Lower tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1/10.

Running cool is supply constraint, at 1.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 203 evictions logged in this tract.

Well under the midpoint is housing-court posture, at 2.7/10. Against a Lawnton baseline of 23.3%, 20% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.

Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 10.6% of renter households. At $930 a month, rents sit 7% under what the rest of Lawnton commands.

Judgments average 3.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Rent takes 13% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Chartwood vs Lawnton How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
20.0% -14%
Lawnton: 23.3%
Average gross rent
$930 -7%
Lawnton: $999
Average HH income
$84,375 -10%
Lawnton: $94,130
Poverty rate
2.4% +40%
Lawnton: 1.7%
Renter share
30.9% +7%
Lawnton: 28.8%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Chartwood and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 3–3

Why Chartwood scores 3

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts
3.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.4–5.4 across tracts
5.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.9–5.9 across tracts
5.9
Rent control risk
20% of income on rent · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.5–3.5 across tracts
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
31% renter households · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 2.7–2.7 across tracts
2.7
Economic stress
2.4% below poverty line · Range 1.0–1.0 across tracts
1.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.8–1.8 across tracts
1.8
Risk score comparison

Chartwood vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Chartwood score vs. parent city, state, U.S.3.0ChartwoodNeighborhood3.4Parent cityhost city4.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Chartwood

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
42043022701 3 3,810 20% $930
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 41

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 43%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 64%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 20%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Chartwood

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 203Total filings (sum)
  • 7.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.6%Peak year (2006)
  • 10.64%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked

About Chartwood

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Chartwood?

Chartwood scores 3/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Chartwood compare to Lawnton overall?

Chartwood scores 0.4 points lower than Lawnton overall (3.4/10). Renters spend 20% of income on rent vs 23% citywide. Average rent: $930 vs $999.
Q3

What is the average rent in Chartwood?

Average gross rent in Chartwood is $930/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Chartwood residents are renters?

31% of Chartwood households are renter-occupied (vs 29% in Lawnton). The neighborhood has 3,810 residents.
Q5

Is Chartwood a high social-vulnerability area?

Chartwood sits in the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Chartwood for landlords?

Chartwood carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Lawnton as a whole (3.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Chartwood?

Chartwood has 3,519 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (60.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (22.3%), Hispanic / Latino (9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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