Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Sharpsville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42085031700 · Mercer County, PA · pop 2,354
Census tract 42085031700 covers part of Sharpsville, PA, and scores 3.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,354 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,098
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$73,393
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sharpsville and the region
Centroid at 41.2558, -80.4787 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sharpsville scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sharpsville
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,043 rent vs county FMR
6.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sharpsville
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sharpsville
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sharpsville
6.1
How Sharpsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 1%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 76Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.8%Peak (2006)
- 28Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 180% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sharpsville
At $1,043 a month, rents run 25% over what the rest of Sharpsville commands. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 76 filings here across 7 tracked years. 43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Mercer County average of 38.3%.
The voucher gap is 14.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Against the Mercer County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 17.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 15% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42085031700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085031700?
Census tract 42085031700 in Sharpsville scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 42085031700?
Median gross rent is $1,043/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085031700?
4.2% of residents in tract 42085031700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,354.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085031700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 34th, minority 1th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085031700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42085031700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.98% of renter households, peaking at 17.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42085031700 compare to Sharpsville overall?
Tract 42085031700 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Sharpsville at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sharpsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sharpsville
Top eight tracts in Sharpsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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