Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #72,539 of 84,120 nationally
Bernville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42011010302 · Berks County, PA · pop 2,750 · 29% of tract blocks fall in Bernville
Census tract 42011010302 sits in Bernville in Berks County, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. That is riskier than about 15% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 12% of renter households, a modest level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,138 monthly, set against $92,240 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,095
Renter share16.4%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$92,240
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
18
th percentile
Very Low
National
14
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bernville and the region
Centroid at 40.4307, -76.0771 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bernville scores 2.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bernville
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,138 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bernville
2.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bernville
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bernville
2.6
How Bernville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 33Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2003)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bernville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.5/10. 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 Bernville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores well below the Berks County average of 5.7 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 33 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.8% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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 42011010302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42011010302?
Census tract 42011010302 in Bernville scores 2.1/10 (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 42011010302?
Median gross rent is $1,138/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42011010302?
4.3% of residents in tract 42011010302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,750.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42011010302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 43th, minority 21th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42011010302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42011010302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.34% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42011010302 compare to Bernville overall?
Tract 42011010302 scores 2.1/10, lower than the parent city of Bernville at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bernville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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