2 census tracts · pop 6,109 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.2/10
· range 3.7–4.6
Wagner Terrace takes in 2 census tracts of Hellertown, PA and houses 6,109 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.2/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 36.4% citywide, putting Wagner Terrace 10.5% over its own city.
The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1.5/10. 17% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.9/10. Court records carry 98 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
On the softer side is eviction-process difficulty, at 2.8/10. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 3.9% of renter households.
Judgments average 1.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.9 points apart at the extremes.
Average gross rent runs $1,338, close to the Hellertown average. Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $74,641.
31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
4.2
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Wagner Terrace vs HellertownHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority25%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport44%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wagner Terrace
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
98Total filings (sum)
2.33%Avg annual filing rate
3.9%Peak year (2006)
2.77%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Wagner Terrace
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wagner Terrace?
Wagner Terrace scores 4.2/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Wagner Terrace compare to Hellertown overall?
Wagner Terrace scores 0.0 points higher than Hellertown overall (4.2/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 36% citywide. Average rent: $1,338 vs $1,372.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wagner Terrace?
Average gross rent in Wagner Terrace is $1,338/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wagner Terrace residents are renters?
31% of Wagner Terrace households are renter-occupied (vs 33% in Hellertown). The neighborhood has 6,109 residents.
Q5
Is Wagner Terrace a high social-vulnerability area?
Wagner Terrace sits in the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Wagner Terrace have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Wagner Terrace is census tract 42095017901 (score 4.6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 3.7 to 4.6, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Wagner Terrace for landlords?
Wagner Terrace carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Hellertown as a whole (4.2/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Wagner Terrace?
Wagner Terrace has 6,119 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (84.5%), Hispanic / Latino (11%), Other / Multiracial (2.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
