Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Jalappa Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pottsville
Tract 42107002000 · Schuylkill County, PA · pop 3,392 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42107002000 sits in the Jalappa area of Pottsville eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. Against Schuylkill County at 32.4%, 69% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,426
Renter share38.9%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate26.1%
Median income$54,881
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pottsville and the region
Centroid at 40.6913, -76.1981 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jalappa scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pottsville
3.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
26.1% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$841 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pottsville
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pottsville
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pottsville
7.4
How Jalappa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 25%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)
- 60Total filings over 3 yrs
- 4.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.2%Peak (2003)
- 23Filings in 2003 (latest validated)
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Jalappa
Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Schuylkill County average of 3.9, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points.
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.2/10. Court records carry 60 eviction filings across 3 observed years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 5.2% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
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 42107002000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42107002000?
Census tract 42107002000 in the Jalappa neighborhood 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 42107002000?
Median gross rent is $841/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42107002000?
26.1% of residents in tract 42107002000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,392.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42107002000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 95th, minority 25th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 42107002000 considered part of Jalappa?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42107002000 fall within Jalappa (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42107002000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 42107002000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.55% of renter households, peaking at 5.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42107002000 compare to Pottsville overall?
Tract 42107002000 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Pottsville at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pottsville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pottsville
Top eight tracts in Pottsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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