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Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally

Ambridge Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42007604200 · Beaver County, PA · pop 1,484

In Ambridge in Beaver County, census tract 42007604200 scores 6.1/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 77th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,112 a month while the average household earns $60,608 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 27% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units766
Renter share52.2%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$60,608

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Ambridge
Very Low
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#11 of 53 tracts In Beaver County
High
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#757 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
National
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#20,889 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ambridge and the region

Centroid at 40.5968, -80.2314 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ambridge scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ambridge
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.1
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ambridge
6.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ambridge
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ambridge
6.7

How Ambridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ambridge risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 604200Ambridge: 4.34.3Ambridgeparent cityCounty: 3.93.9Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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)

  • 78Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.46%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2005)
  • 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420076042002000: 11 filings (2.90/100 renter HHs)2001: 17 filings (4.47/100 renter HHs)2005: 29 filings (8.39/100 renter HHs)2006: 21 filings (6.08/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 91% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ambridge

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.4/10. 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 inherited from Ambridge, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Beaver County average of 5.1 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 30% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42007604200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42007604200?

Census tract 42007604200 in Ambridge scores 5.3/10 (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 42007604200?

Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42007604200?

16.3% of residents in tract 42007604200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,484.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42007604200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 39th, minority 30th, housing 43th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42007604200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 78 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42007604200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.46% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42007604200 compare to Ambridge overall?

Tract 42007604200 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Ambridge at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ambridge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 42007604200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 30% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ambridge

Top eight tracts in Ambridge ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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