Union Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , Allentown
Tract 42077002100 · Lehigh County, PA · pop 7,303 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Here is how census tract 42077002100, in the Union Terrace neighborhood of Allentown eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a 6.5/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 7,303. On the national scale it ranks #11,581 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
46% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,097 monthly, set against $41,023 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Allentown and the region
Centroid at 40.5935, -75.4899 · click any tract to drill in
Why Union Terrace scores 7.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Union Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 80%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
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)
- 825Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.6%Peak (2005)
- 123Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
What drives eviction risk in Union Terrace
What moves this score most is economic stress at 7.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Allentown eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lehigh County average of 5.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 91st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 825 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 7.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.6% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
About tract 42077002100
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