Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #35,669 of 84,120 nationally
Sharon Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42085030300 · Mercer County, PA · pop 3,606
With a score of 4.8/10, tract 42085030300 in Sharon, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,414
Renter share50.4%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate11.9%
Median income$54,156
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sharon and the region
Centroid at 41.2411, -80.4988 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sharon scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sharon
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.9% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$903 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sharon
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sharon
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sharon
7.2
How Sharon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 332Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2005)
- 60Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 54% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sharon
The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 332 evictions over 7 years of observation. 34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Mercer County average of 38.3%.
Against the Mercer County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. At $903 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Sharon commands.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 7.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 58th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.6/10.
Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $54,156.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42085030300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085030300?
Census tract 42085030300 in Sharon scores 4.8/10 (Moderate 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 42085030300?
Median gross rent is $903/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085030300?
11.9% of residents in tract 42085030300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,606.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085030300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 53th, minority 33th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085030300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 332 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42085030300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.56% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42085030300 compare to Sharon overall?
Tract 42085030300 scores 4.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Sharon at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sharon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sharon
Top eight tracts in Sharon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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