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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally

Brookhaven Borough Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 42045404500 · Delaware County, PA · pop 4,848 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 42045404500 covers part of the Brookhaven Borough area of Chester, PA, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49% Stable renters 16% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units2,122
Renter share64.9%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$35,789

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 7 tracts In Brookhaven Borough
Very High
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 12 tracts In Brookhaven
Moderate
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 152 tracts In Delaware County
Very High
Within state
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#116 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brookhaven and the region

Centroid at 39.8685, -75.3687 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookhaven Borough scores 7.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brookhaven
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,104 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookhaven
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.8

How Brookhaven Borough compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brookhaven Borough risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.8This tracttract 4045003.7Brookhavenparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 95

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 2,291Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 28.75%Avg annual filing rate
  • 39.6%Peak (2000)
  • 253Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42045404500
Filings dropped 41% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brookhaven Borough. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brookhaven Borough

Cost burden runs roughly three in four here against 50.9% across Delaware County. It sits 3.1 points above the Delaware County average of 4.7.

The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10.

Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $35,789, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 2,291 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2000, when 39.6% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 28.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42045404500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045404500?

Census tract 42045404500 in the Brookhaven Borough neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 42045404500?

Median gross rent is $1,104/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42045404500?

12.7% of residents in tract 42045404500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,848.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42045404500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 85th, minority 88th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 42045404500 considered part of Brookhaven Borough?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42045404500 fall within Brookhaven Borough (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045404500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,291 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045404500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.75% of renter households, peaking at 39.6% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42045404500 compare to Brookhaven overall?

Tract 42045404500 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Brookhaven at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookhaven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42045404500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brookhaven

Top eight tracts in Brookhaven ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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