Within county
86
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017100306 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017100306 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,089
Census tract 42017100306 belongs to Bucks, Pennsylvania. It is home to 4,089 residents and scores 4.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 14% of renter households, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $957 a month against an average household income of $61,920 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 48% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,755
Renter share47.6%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$61,920
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
35
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.1062, -74.8836 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017100306 scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$957 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42017100306 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 73%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 656Total filings over 7 yrs
- 20.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 36.3%Peak (2001)
- 52Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 65% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42017100306
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Bucks County average of 5.4 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 656 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 20.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 36.3% of renter households in 2001.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 48th 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 42017100306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100306?
Census tract 42017100306 in Bucks County 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 42017100306?
Median gross rent is $957/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017100306?
8.2% of residents in tract 42017100306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,089.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100306?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 77th, minority 73th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100306?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 656 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100306 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.76% of renter households, peaking at 36.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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