North of Tilghman Eviction Risk: Elevated , Allentown

79% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Lehigh County average of 45.1%. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10.

On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. It sits 1.5 points above the Lehigh County average of 4.7.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 840 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 18.3% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 16.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,337, close to the Fullerton average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.