Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Somerset Village Eviction Risk: Lower , Old Orchard
Tract 42095017501 · Northampton County, PA · pop 4,708 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 42095017501 covers part of the Somerset Village area of Palmer Heights, PA, and scores 3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,708 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,910
Renter share32.6%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate4.4%
Median income$84,375
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Old Orchard and the region
Centroid at 40.6743, -75.2622 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somerset Village scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Old Orchard
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.4% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,289 rent vs county FMR
3.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Old Orchard
3.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Old Orchard
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Old Orchard
2.6
How Somerset Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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)
- 54Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2006)
- 17Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 240% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Somerset Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Somerset Village
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Against the Northampton County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points.
51% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Northampton County average of 43.1%. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 54 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 3.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42095017501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42095017501?
Census tract 42095017501 in the Somerset Village neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 42095017501?
Median gross rent is $1,289/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42095017501?
4.4% of residents in tract 42095017501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,708.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42095017501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 64th, minority 44th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 42095017501 considered part of Somerset Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42095017501 fall within Somerset Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42095017501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 54 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42095017501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.68% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42095017501 compare to Old Orchard overall?
Tract 42095017501 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Old Orchard at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Old Orchard; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Old Orchard
Top eight tracts in Old Orchard ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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