Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Morton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42045407700 · Delaware County, PA · pop 2,759
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 42045407700 in Morton, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,250
Renter share43.2%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate8.1%
Median income$54,881
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morton and the region
Centroid at 39.9116, -75.3268 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morton scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Morton
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.1% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,324 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Morton
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Morton
8.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Morton
6.6
How Morton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 152Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2005)
- 24Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morton
Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
61% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Delaware County average of 50.9%. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.5/10. Court records carry 152 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
It sits 0.7 points above the Delaware County average of 4.7. Filings peaked in 2005 at 5.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Average gross rent is $1,324, close to the Morton average. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $54,881.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045407700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045407700?
Census tract 42045407700 in Morton scores 5.4/10 (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 42045407700?
Median gross rent is $1,324/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045407700?
8.1% of residents in tract 42045407700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,759.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045407700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 58th, minority 50th, housing 49th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045407700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 152 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045407700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.28% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42045407700 compare to Morton overall?
Tract 42045407700 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Morton at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Morton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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