Biery's Port Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate
2 census tracts · pop 10,769 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.5/10
· range 3.9–5.3
Biery's Port Historic District is a 2-tract neighborhood of Catasauqua, PA and houses 10,769 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 4.5/10, in the Moderate tier. 51% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well above the Catasauqua rate of 36.2%.
Severe burden reaches 20%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 2.1/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 3.9 to 5.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Running hot is rent-regulation exposure at 7.6/10. Filings are well documented here: 569 across 2 observed tracts. Running cool is supply constraint, at 2.7/10.
At $1,155 a month, rents sit 12% over what the rest of Catasauqua commands. The worst year on record was 2003, when filings touched 9.0% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 4.1% in 2006, is well off that peak. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $65,456.
33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 4.5 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Biery's Port Historic District vs CatasauquaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority34%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport32%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Biery's Port Historic District
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
569Total filings (sum)
5.48%Avg annual filing rate
9.0%Peak year (2003)
4.58%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Biery's Port Historic District
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Biery's Port Historic District?
Biery's Port Historic District scores 4.5/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Biery's Port Historic District compare to Catasauqua overall?
Biery's Port Historic District scores 0.5 points higher than Catasauqua overall (4/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,155 vs $1,031.
Q3
What is the average rent in Biery's Port Historic District?
Average gross rent in Biery's Port Historic District is $1,155/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Biery's Port Historic District residents are renters?
33% of Biery's Port Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 26% in Catasauqua). The neighborhood has 10,769 residents.
Q5
Is Biery's Port Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?
Biery's Port Historic District sits in the 48th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Biery's Port Historic District have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Biery's Port Historic District is census tract 42077005702 (score 5.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.9 to 5.3, a spread of 1.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Biery's Port Historic District for landlords?
Biery's Port Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.5/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Catasauqua as a whole (4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Biery's Port Historic District?
Biery's Port Historic District has 10,780 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (79.6%), Hispanic / Latino (15.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (3.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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