Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Morgantown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42011011703 · Berks County, PA · pop 4,326 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Morgantown
Census tract 42011011703 runs through Morgantown in Berks County. With 4,326 residents, it scores 5.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 71% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,352 a month while the average household earns $110,708 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 17% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,485
Renter share16.6%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$110,708
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Morgantown and the region
Centroid at 40.1756, -75.8950 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morgantown scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Morgantown
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,352 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Morgantown
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Morgantown
5.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Morgantown
7.5
How Morgantown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 30Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2003)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morgantown
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 8.9/10. 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 Morgantown, 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 above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 30 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 1.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th 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 42011011703
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42011011703?
Census tract 42011011703 in Morgantown scores 2.9/10 (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 42011011703?
Median gross rent is $1,352/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42011011703?
5.8% of residents in tract 42011011703 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,326.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42011011703?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 28th, minority 17th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42011011703?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42011011703 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.93% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42011011703 compare to Morgantown overall?
Tract 42011011703 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Morgantown at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Morgantown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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