Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Sharpsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42085033300 · Mercer County, PA · pop 2,912 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Sharpsville
How risky is Sharpsville for landlords? Census tract 42085033300 scores 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #17,255 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $754 a month against an average household income of $42,895 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 56% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,258
Renter share55.6%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$42,895
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
National
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sharpsville and the region
Centroid at 41.2635, -80.4995 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sharpsville scores 5.9
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
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$754 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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)
- 130Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2004)
- 19Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sharpsville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Mercer County average of 5.2 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 130 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2004.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 83rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42085033300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085033300?
Census tract 42085033300 in Sharpsville scores 5.9/10 (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 42085033300?
Median gross rent is $754/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085033300?
25.7% of residents in tract 42085033300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,912.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085033300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 98th, minority 26th, housing 93th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085033300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 130 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42085033300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.02% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42085033300 compare to Sharpsville overall?
Tract 42085033300 scores 5.9/10, higher 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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