Jordan Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Allentown

Against Lehigh County at 45.1%, 79% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

The poverty rate is 55%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 48% of average household income of $31,774, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.2/10. 78% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.

Against the Lehigh County average of 4.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. Court records carry 817 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 17.8% of renter households.

In a typical year about 16.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.

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