Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Laureldale Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42011012800 · Berks County, PA · pop 4,238
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 42011012800 in Laureldale, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 39%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units1,556
Renter share19.0%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate12.1%
Median income$64,792
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Laureldale and the region
Centroid at 40.3897, -75.9135 · click any tract to drill in
Why Laureldale scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Laureldale
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.1% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,249 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Laureldale
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Laureldale
4.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Laureldale
7.4
How Laureldale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 32Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2004)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Laureldale
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Berks County average of 42.9%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10.
Average gross rent is $1,249, 18% below the Laureldale average. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 3.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Berks County average of 4.5 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42011012800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42011012800?
Census tract 42011012800 in Laureldale 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 42011012800?
Median gross rent is $1,249/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42011012800?
12.1% of residents in tract 42011012800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,238.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42011012800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 94th, minority 61th, housing 13th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42011012800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42011012800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.66% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42011012800 compare to Laureldale overall?
Tract 42011012800 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Laureldale at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Laureldale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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