Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Drexel Hill Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42045400802 · Delaware County, PA · pop 3,858 · 60% of tract blocks fall in Drexel Hill
Tract 42045400802 sits in Drexel Hill eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. It is home to 3,858 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,361
Renter share23.7%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$111,806
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Drexel Hill and the region
Centroid at 39.9473, -75.2862 · click any tract to drill in
Why Drexel Hill scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Drexel Hill
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,146 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Drexel Hill
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Drexel Hill
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Drexel Hill
5.1
How Drexel Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
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)
- 79Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2006)
- 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 425% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Drexel Hill
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10.
Against the Delaware County average of 4.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Average gross rent is $1,146, 16% below the Drexel Hill average.
The filing record is not thin: 79 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 7.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #56,048 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 24% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045400802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045400802?
Census tract 42045400802 in Drexel Hill scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 42045400802?
Median gross rent is $1,146/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045400802?
7.1% of residents in tract 42045400802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,858.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045400802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 66th, minority 72th, housing 71th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045400802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 79 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045400802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.44% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42045400802 compare to Drexel Hill overall?
Tract 42045400802 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Drexel Hill at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Drexel Hill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Drexel Hill
Top eight tracts in Drexel Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · PA
42045401303
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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42045401302
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
42045401104
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
42045401402
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · PA
42045401000
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · PA
42045401101
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · PA
42045401200
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · PA
42045401401
3.9
/ 10 · Low
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