Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Penn Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42011012200 · Berks County, PA · pop 3,464 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Mount Penn
Census tract 42011012200 sits in Mount Penn in Berks County, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. That is riskier than about 67% of US census tracts.
About 43% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 33% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $940 a month against an average household income of $62,132 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,387
Renter share34.8%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$62,132
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mount Penn and the region
Centroid at 40.3225, -75.8949 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Penn scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mount Penn
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$940 rent vs county FMR
1.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mount Penn
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mount Penn
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mount Penn
5.8
How Mount Penn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 122Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.3%Peak (2004)
- 20Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 122% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Penn
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Mount Penn, 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 122 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.3% of renter households in 2004.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 60th 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 42011012200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42011012200?
Census tract 42011012200 in Mount Penn scores 4.5/10 (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 42011012200?
Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42011012200?
12.3% of residents in tract 42011012200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,464.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42011012200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 79th, minority 61th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42011012200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42011012200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.10% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42011012200 compare to Mount Penn overall?
Tract 42011012200 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Mount Penn at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mount Penn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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