Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Chester Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 42045405200 · Delaware County, PA · pop 2,820
42045405200 is a census tract in Chester, PA. It scores 7.8/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,820 residents. It sits 3.1 points above the Delaware County average of 4.7.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,236
Renter share61.2%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate44.7%
Median income$36,200
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chester and the region
Centroid at 39.8425, -75.3833 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chester scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chester
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
44.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$848 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chester
8.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chester
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chester
8.8
How Chester compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 17%Grade C
- 7%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 330Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.5%Peak (2004)
- 58Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chester
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 45%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.6/10. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $848, 22% below the Chester average. Court records carry 330 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 10.5% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 7.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
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 42045405200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045405200?
Census tract 42045405200 in Chester 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 42045405200?
Median gross rent is $848/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045405200?
44.7% of residents in tract 42045405200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,820.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045405200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 94th, minority 99th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045405200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 330 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045405200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.95% of renter households, peaking at 10.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42045405200 compare to Chester overall?
Tract 42045405200 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Chester at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 42045405200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 7% 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.
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/ 10 · High
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/ 10 · High
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