6 census tracts · pop 17,296 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.9/10
· range 4.3–7.8
Viscose Village takes in 6 census tracts of Chester, PA, population 17,296. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.9/10, in the Moderate tier. The severe-burden share is 42%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
63% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, far above the Chester rate of 35.7%. The 6 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.3 to 7.8, a 3.5-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.5/10. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 2,713 eviction filings across its 6 observed tracts.
Sitting well above the midpoint is rent-regulation exposure at 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 32.4% of renter households.
Judgments average 7.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Rent takes 20% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Average gross rent runs $1,121, close to the Chester average.
40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.9 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
5.9
Moderate
6 tracts · population-weighted
Viscose Village vs ChesterHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority58%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport36%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Viscose Village
Aggregated across 6 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,713Total filings (sum)
12.93%Avg annual filing rate
32.4%Peak year (2006)
15.05%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Viscose Village
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Viscose Village?
Viscose Village scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 6 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 Viscose Village compare to Chester overall?
Viscose Village scores 0.5 points lower than Chester overall (6.4/10). Renters spend 63% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,121 vs $1,091.
Q3
What is the average rent in Viscose Village?
Average gross rent in Viscose Village is $1,121/month (pop-weighted across 6 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Viscose Village residents are renters?
40% of Viscose Village households are renter-occupied (vs 60% in Chester). The neighborhood has 17,296 residents.
Q5
Is Viscose Village a high social-vulnerability area?
Viscose Village sits in the 62nd 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 Viscose Village have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Viscose Village is census tract 42045405300 (score 7.8/10). Across the 6 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.3 to 7.8, a spread of 3.5 points.
Q7
How safe is Viscose Village for landlords?
Viscose Village carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.9/10). Pop-weighted across 6 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Chester as a whole (6.4/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Viscose Village?
Viscose Village has 17,783 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (34.2%), Hispanic / Latino (8.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
