Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Drexel Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42045401302 · Delaware County, PA · pop 2,937 · 98% of tract blocks fall in Drexel Hill
Tract 42045401302 sits in Drexel Hill eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. Population here is 2,937. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,177
Renter share32.1%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate21.2%
Median income$84,598
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
High
National
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Drexel Hill and the region
Centroid at 39.9449, -75.3034 · click any tract to drill in
Why Drexel Hill scores 5.7
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
21.2% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$897 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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)
- 145Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2001)
- 26Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% 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
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Average gross rent is $897, 34% below the Drexel Hill average. Against Delaware County at 50.9%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Delaware County average of 4.7. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 145 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 6.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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 42045401302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045401302?
Census tract 42045401302 in Drexel Hill scores 5.7/10 (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 42045401302?
Median gross rent is $897/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045401302?
21.2% of residents in tract 42045401302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,937.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045401302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 35th, minority 53th, housing 34th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045401302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 145 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045401302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.25% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42045401302 compare to Drexel Hill overall?
Tract 42045401302 scores 5.7/10, higher 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
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
Tract · PA
42045400802
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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