Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Sinking Spring Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42011010902 · Berks County, PA · pop 4,261
Census tract 42011010902 covers part of Sinking Spring, PA, and scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,261 residents. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,695
Renter share45.3%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$73,950
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sinking Spring and the region
Centroid at 40.3247, -76.0225 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sinking Spring scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sinking Spring
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,289 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sinking Spring
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sinking Spring
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sinking Spring
6.1
How Sinking Spring compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 129Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.7%Peak (2004)
- 27Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 350% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sinking Spring
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.7/10.
about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Berks County average of 42.9%. Court records carry 129 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2004, when 5.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.5% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
It tracks the Berks County average of 4.5 closely. Average gross rent is $1,289, close to the Sinking Spring average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $73,950.
45% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42011010902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42011010902?
Census tract 42011010902 in Sinking Spring scores 4.6/10 (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 42011010902?
Median gross rent is $1,289/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42011010902?
11.7% of residents in tract 42011010902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,261.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42011010902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 50th, minority 44th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42011010902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 129 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42011010902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.50% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42011010902 compare to Sinking Spring overall?
Tract 42011010902 scores 4.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Sinking Spring at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sinking Spring; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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