Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,261 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42129808401 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42129808401 · Westmoreland County, PA · pop 1,705
How risky is Westmoreland for landlords? Census tract 42129808401 scores 4.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,006 a month against an average household income of $71,250 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 11% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units799
Renter share10.8%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$71,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
45
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westmoreland County and the region
Centroid at 40.2050, -79.2402 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42129808401 scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,006 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42129808401 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42129808401
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Westmoreland County average of 4.7 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 42129808401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42129808401?
Census tract 42129808401 in Westmoreland County scores 4.1/10 (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 42129808401?
Median gross rent is $1,006/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42129808401?
10.1% of residents in tract 42129808401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,705.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42129808401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 21th, minority 7th, housing 15th.
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