Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Sacred Heart Eviction Risk: Elevated , Allentown
Tract 42077000900 · Lehigh County, PA · pop 1,898 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
42077000900 is a census tract in the Sacred Heart area of Allentown, PA. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. roughly two in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Lehigh County average of 45.1%.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 51%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units632
Renter share76.9%
SVI overall1.00
Poverty rate36.9%
Median income$45,318
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Allentown and the region
Centroid at 40.6091, -75.4674 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sacred Heart scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Allentown
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
36.9% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$1,232 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Allentown
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Allentown
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Allentown
5.5
How Sacred Heart compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 100
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%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)
- 351Total filings over 7 yrs
- 17.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.3%Peak (2006)
- 67Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 91% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sacred Heart
Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Running hot, economic stress reads 9.2/10.
The poverty rate is 37%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. It sits 1.9 points above the Lehigh County average of 4.7.
Set annual rent against average income of $45,318 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 351 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 24.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 17.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 10/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42077000900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42077000900?
Census tract 42077000900 in the Sacred Heart neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 42077000900?
Median gross rent is $1,232/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42077000900?
36.9% of residents in tract 42077000900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,898.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42077000900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 100th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 100th, household 99th, minority 92th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 42077000900 considered part of Sacred Heart?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42077000900 fall within Sacred Heart (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42077000900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 351 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42077000900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.03% of renter households, peaking at 24.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42077000900 compare to Allentown overall?
Tract 42077000900 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Allentown at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Allentown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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6.6
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