Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Dogwood Hollow Eviction Risk: Moderate , Levittown
Tract 42017100404 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,553 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 42017100404 covers part of the Dogwood Hollow area of Levittown, PA, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,553. Severe burden reaches 42%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units2,112
Renter share19.0%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$93,365
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Levittown and the region
Centroid at 40.1419, -74.8328 · click any tract to drill in
Why Dogwood Hollow scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Levittown
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,417 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Levittown
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Levittown
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Levittown
6.1
How Dogwood Hollow compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 54%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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)
- 887Total filings over 7 yrs
- 33.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 60.8%Peak (2002)
- 109Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Dogwood Hollow. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Dogwood Hollow
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.3/10. Cost burden runs 54% here against 41.8% across Bucks County.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 887 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2002 at 60.8% of renter households.
At $1,417 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Levittown commands. In a typical year about 33.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #44,239 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.1/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017100404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100404?
Census tract 42017100404 in the Dogwood Hollow neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 42017100404?
Median gross rent is $1,417/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017100404?
5.2% of residents in tract 42017100404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,553.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 78th, minority 54th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 42017100404 considered part of Dogwood Hollow?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42017100404 fall within Dogwood Hollow (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100404?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 887 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 33.55% of renter households, peaking at 60.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42017100404 compare to Levittown overall?
Tract 42017100404 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Levittown at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Levittown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Levittown
Top eight tracts in Levittown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · PA
Dogwood Hollow
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · PA
42017100401
5.4
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · PA
42017105810
4.3
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · PA
42017105811
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · PA
42017100805
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · PA
Dogwood Hollow
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · PA
42017100407
3.8
/ 10 · Low
Tract · PA
Dogwood Hollow
3.6
/ 10 · Low
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