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Neighborhood · Catasauqua, PA

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 Catasauqua How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
50.6% +40%
Catasauqua: 36.2%
Average gross rent
$1,155 +12%
Catasauqua: $1,031
Average HH income
$65,456 -12%
Catasauqua: $74,363
Poverty rate
8.3% +0%
Catasauqua: 8.3%
Renter share
32.7% +23%
Catasauqua: 26.5%
Peer neighborhoods

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Geographic context

Risk heat across Biery's Port Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 3.9–5.3

Why Biery's Port Historic District scores 4.5

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts
3.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.4–5.4 across tracts
5.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.8–5.8 across tracts
5.8
Rent control risk
51% of income on rent · Range 7.5–7.8 across tracts
7.6
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.7–3.1 across tracts
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
33% renter households · Range 5.9–9.0 across tracts
7.1
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 6.0–7.4 across tracts
6.6
Economic stress
8.3% below poverty line · Range 2.1–2.1 across tracts
2.1
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.5–2.9 across tracts
2.7
Risk score comparison

Biery's Port Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Biery's Port Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.4.5Biery's Port HistoNeighborhood4.0Parent cityhost city4.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Biery's Port Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
42077005702 5.3 4,257 53% $1,193
42077005901 3.9 6,512 49% $1,130
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 48

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 62%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 49%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 34%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 32%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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