Newburg Homes Eviction Risk: Lower , Palmer Heights
Tract 42095017402 · Northampton County, PA · pop 3,893 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
How risky is the Newburg Homes area of Palmer Heights for landlords? Census tract 42095017402 scores 5.2/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 45% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 50% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,386 monthly, set against $100,536 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 6% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Palmer Heights and the region
Centroid at 40.6938, -75.2683 · click any tract to drill in
Why Newburg Homes scores 1.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Newburg Homes compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 2%Housing & transportation
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)
- 29Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2006)
- 9Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
What drives eviction risk in Newburg Homes
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 4.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Palmer Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Northampton County average of 5.6 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.0% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 5th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 42095017402
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Highest-risk tracts in Palmer Heights
Top eight tracts in Palmer Heights ranked by composite eviction-risk score.