Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017101506 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42017101506 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,064
42017101506 is a census tract in Bucks County, PA. It scores 4.4/10 for landlords. Against Bucks County at 41.8%, 21% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units2,098
Renter share9.1%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$95,902
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
54
th percentile
Moderate
National
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.1811, -75.0406 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017101506 scores 4.4
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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,488 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 42017101506 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%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)
- 41Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2001)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 44% 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 42017101506
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.6/10. The severe-burden share is 21%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.9/10.
The filing record is not thin: 41 evictions over 6 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2001 at 4.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 9% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Bucks County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017101506
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017101506?
Census tract 42017101506 in Bucks County scores 4.4/10 (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 42017101506?
Median gross rent is $1,488/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017101506?
7.5% of residents in tract 42017101506 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,064.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017101506?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 59th, minority 11th, housing 26th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017101506?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42017101506 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.06% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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