Reading Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42011000600 · Berks County, PA · pop 3,936
Eviction risk in Reading eviction risk in Berks County centers on tract 42011000600, which scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 3,936 residents. That is riskier than about 64% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,259 a month against an average household income of $82,557 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Reading and the region
Centroid at 40.3618, -75.9077 · click any tract to drill in
Why Reading scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Reading compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 230Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.2%Peak (2002)
- 33Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
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What drives eviction risk in Reading
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Reading eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Berks County average of 5.7 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 230 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 10.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.2% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 50th 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 42011000600
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Highest-risk tracts in Reading
Top eight tracts in Reading ranked by composite eviction-risk score.