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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Briarcliffe Eviction Risk: Moderate , Collingdale

Tract 42045401502 · Delaware County, PA · pop 3,836 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

42045401502 is a census tract in the Briarcliffe area of Clifton Heights, PA. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,836. 37% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Delaware County average of 50.9%.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 39% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,006
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$73,448

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 15 tracts In Briarcliffe
Moderate
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Collingdale
Very Low
Within county
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#55 of 152 tracts In Delaware County
Elevated
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#1,201 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Collingdale and the region

Centroid at 39.9195, -75.3043 · click any tract to drill in

Why Briarcliffe scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Collingdale
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,365 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Collingdale
5.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Collingdale
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Collingdale
6.5

How Briarcliffe compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Briarcliffe risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 4015024.5Collingdaleparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

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)

  • 688Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 8.82%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.3%Peak (2002)
  • 117Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42045401502
Filings climbed 134% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Briarcliffe. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Briarcliffe

Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.8/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.6/10.

The filing record is not thin: 688 evictions over 7 years of observation. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.9/10.

Filings peaked in 2002 at 11.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 8.8% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

It tracks the Delaware County average of 4.7 closely. Average gross rent is $1,365, close to the Clifton Heights average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $73,448.

62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 42045401502

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045401502?

Census tract 42045401502 in the Briarcliffe neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 42045401502?

Median gross rent is $1,365/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42045401502?

11.5% of residents in tract 42045401502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,836.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42045401502?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 36th, minority 61th, housing 84th.
Q5

Is tract 42045401502 considered part of Briarcliffe?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42045401502 fall within Briarcliffe (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045401502?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 688 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045401502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.82% of renter households, peaking at 11.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42045401502 compare to Collingdale overall?

Tract 42045401502 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Collingdale at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Collingdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Collingdale

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

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