Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Shoemakersville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42011013702 · Berks County, PA · pop 3,789 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Shoemakersville
With a score of $1/10, tract 42011013702 in Shoemakersville ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,789 residents. It lands near the 38th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,067 a month against an average household income of $76,356 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 26% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,535
Renter share25.9%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$76,356
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Shoemakersville and the region
Centroid at 40.5110, -75.9413 · click any tract to drill in
Why Shoemakersville scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Shoemakersville
5.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,067 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Shoemakersville
2.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Shoemakersville
7.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Shoemakersville
3.8
How Shoemakersville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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)
- 105Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2002)
- 15Filings 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 Shoemakersville
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.7/10. 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 Shoemakersville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 105 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.9% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42011013702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42011013702?
Census tract 42011013702 in Shoemakersville scores 3.2/10 (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 42011013702?
Median gross rent is $1,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42011013702?
7.9% of residents in tract 42011013702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,789.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42011013702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 50th, minority 8th, housing 32th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42011013702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 105 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42011013702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.71% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42011013702 compare to Shoemakersville overall?
Tract 42011013702 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Shoemakersville at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Shoemakersville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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