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Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally

Ridley Park Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42045403901 · Delaware County, PA · pop 3,464

With a score of 4.1/10, tract 42045403901 in Ridley Park, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,464 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.8/10.

Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 31% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,589
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.46
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$79,037

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Ridley Park
Very High
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#82 of 152 tracts In Delaware County
Moderate
Within state
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#1,763 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
National
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#47,371 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ridley Park and the region

Centroid at 39.8764, -75.3223 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ridley Park scores 4.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ridley Park
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,405 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ridley Park
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ridley Park
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ridley Park
4.2

How Ridley Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ridley Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.1This tracttract 4039014.0Ridley Parkparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 46

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)

  • 228Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.40%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.9%Peak (2005)
  • 37Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42045403901
Filings climbed 23% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ridley Park

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Cost burden runs 43% here against 50.9% across Delaware County. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.3/10.

The filing record is not thin: 228 evictions over 7 years of observation. It sits 0.6 points below the Delaware County average of 4.7. The worst year on record was 2005, when 5.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Average gross rent is $1,405, close to the Ridley Park average.

Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $79,037. 55% 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 42045403901

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045403901?

Census tract 42045403901 in Ridley Park scores 4.1/10 (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 42045403901?

Median gross rent is $1,405/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42045403901?

7.6% of residents in tract 42045403901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,464.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42045403901?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 46th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 43th, minority 32th, housing 72th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045403901?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 228 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045403901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.40% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42045403901 compare to Ridley Park overall?

Tract 42045403901 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Ridley Park at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ridley Park; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ridley Park

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

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