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Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally

Downtown Eviction Risk: Lower , Easton

Tract 42095014100 · Northampton County, PA · pop 6,108 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Tract 42095014100 sits in the Downtown area of Easton eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. Population here is 6,108. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 23% Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,547
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate1.4%
Median income$121,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Downtown
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In Easton
Very Low
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#39 of 74 tracts In Northampton County
Moderate
Within state
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#2,005 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Easton and the region

Centroid at 40.7037, -75.2107 · click any tract to drill in

Why Downtown scores 3.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Easton
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
1.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,442 rent vs county FMR
4.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Easton
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Easton
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Easton
7.2

How Downtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Downtown risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.8This tracttract 0141005.2Eastonparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

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)

  • 369Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 9.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.3%Peak (2005)
  • 61Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42095014100
Filings climbed 39% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Downtown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Downtown

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Cost burden runs 38% here against 43.1% across Northampton County. The filing record is not thin: 369 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Against the Northampton County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2005 at 12.3% of renter households.

At $1,442 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Easton commands. In a typical year about 9.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.4/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $121,875, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42095014100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42095014100?

Census tract 42095014100 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 42095014100?

Median gross rent is $1,442/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42095014100?

1.4% of residents in tract 42095014100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,108.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42095014100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 2th, minority 40th, housing 28th.
Q5

Is tract 42095014100 considered part of Downtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42095014100 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42095014100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 369 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42095014100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.04% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42095014100 compare to Easton overall?

Tract 42095014100 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Easton at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Easton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Easton

Top eight tracts in Easton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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