1 census tracts · pop 3,239 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.8/10
· range 5.8–5.8
Kingtown is a one-tract neighborhood of Erie, PA and houses 3,239 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.8/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Against a Erie baseline of 32.9%, 68% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
The severe-burden share is 32%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 7.3/10. At $1,023 a month, rents sit 18% over what the rest of Erie commands. Court records for this tract carry 443 eviction filings.
Filing activity peaked in 2000 at 11.5% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 9.7% in 2006 against a 11.5% peak.
That places it #1 of 26 neighborhoods in Erie. The closest comparables inside the same city are Baldwin Park and Little Italy. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.7/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 5.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Kingtown vs ErieHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority66%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport66%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Kingtown
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
443Total filings (sum)
9.43%Avg annual filing rate
11.5%Peak year (2000)
9.66%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Kingtown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Kingtown?
Kingtown scores 5.8/10 (Moderate tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Kingtown compare to Erie overall?
Kingtown scores 1.4 points higher than Erie overall (4.4/10). Renters spend 68% of income on rent vs 33% citywide. Average rent: $1,023 vs $870.
Q3
What is the average rent in Kingtown?
Average gross rent in Kingtown is $1,023/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Kingtown residents are renters?
59% of Kingtown households are renter-occupied (vs 46% in Erie). The neighborhood has 3,239 residents.
Q5
Is Kingtown a high social-vulnerability area?
Kingtown sits in the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Kingtown for landlords?
Kingtown carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Erie as a whole (4.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Kingtown?
Kingtown has 3,178 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (45.6%), White (non-Hispanic) (42.5%), Hispanic / Latino (8.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
