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Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Drexel Hill Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 42045400900 · Delaware County, PA · pop 1,647

Census tract 42045400900 covers part of Drexel Hill, PA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,647 residents. Against Delaware County at 50.9%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 1% Stable renters 3% Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units534
Renter share4.1%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$163,152

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#11 of 11 tracts In Drexel Hill
Very Low
Within county
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#140 of 152 tracts In Delaware County
Very Low
Within state
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#2,785 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Drexel Hill and the region

Centroid at 39.9506, -75.2905 · click any tract to drill in

Why Drexel Hill scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,694 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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.
Drexel Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 4009004.4Drexel Hillparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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)

  • 5Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 2.66%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.8%Peak (2005)
  • 1Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42045400900
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Drexel Hill

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10. It sits 1.7 points below the Delaware County average of 4.7.

The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Average gross rent is $1,694, 25% above the Drexel Hill average. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10.

The filing record is not thin: 5 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2005 at 2.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 4% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42045400900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045400900?

Census tract 42045400900 in Drexel Hill scores 3/10 (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 42045400900?

Median gross rent is $1,694/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42045400900?

3.1% of residents in tract 42045400900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,647.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42045400900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 33th, minority 38th, housing 23th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045400900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 5 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42045400900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.66% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42045400900 compare to Drexel Hill overall?

Tract 42045400900 scores 3/10, 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.

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