Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017100808 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017100808 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,672
Census tract 42017100808 sits in Bucks, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
58% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,801 a month against an average household income of $126,902 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 24% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,787
Renter share23.6%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$126,902
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.2025, -74.9250 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017100808 scores 1.9
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
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,801 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 42017100808 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 109Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.56%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2000)
- 22Filings 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 Tract 42017100808
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 about the same as the Bucks County average of 5.4 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th 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 109 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.1% of renter households in 2000.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017100808
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017100808?
Census tract 42017100808 in Bucks County scores 1.9/10 (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 42017100808?
Median gross rent is $1,801/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017100808?
6.9% of residents in tract 42017100808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,672.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017100808?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 53th, minority 10th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017100808?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 109 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017100808 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.56% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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