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Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally

Sharon Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42085030500 · Mercer County, PA · pop 2,299

With a score of 5.3/10, tract 42085030500 in Sharon, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,240
Renter share36.4%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate17.6%
Median income$56,719

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 5 tracts In Sharon
Moderate
Within county
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 35 tracts In Mercer County
High
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#1,025 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
National
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#28,095 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Sharon and the region

Centroid at 41.2226, -80.4910 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sharon scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
17.6% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$778 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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.
Sharon risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.3This tracttract 0305004.6Sharonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 50

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 100Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.0%Peak (2005)
  • 20Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42085030500
Filings climbed 67% 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

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. Against the Mercer County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points.

Cost burden runs 44% here against 38.3% across Mercer County. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.2/10.

The filing record is not thin: 100 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2005 at 13.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $56,719, annual rent is just 16%.

Average gross rent is $778, close to the Sharon average. 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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.

Frequently asked

About tract 42085030500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085030500?

Census tract 42085030500 in Sharon scores 5.3/10 (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 42085030500?

Median gross rent is $778/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42085030500?

17.6% of residents in tract 42085030500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,299.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42085030500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 53th, minority 33th, housing 45th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085030500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 100 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42085030500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.85% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42085030500 compare to Sharon overall?

Tract 42085030500 scores 5.3/10, higher than 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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