Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Warminster Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42017101605 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,435 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Warminster Heights
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 42017101605 in Warminster Heights in Bucks County ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 4,435 residents. On the national scale it ranks #37,087 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
35% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,204 a month while the average household earns $53,924 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 81% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 20%
Tract context
Occupied units2,163
Renter share80.9%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate14.2%
Median income$53,924
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
78
th percentile
High
National
75
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Warminster Heights and the region
Centroid at 40.1892, -75.0855 · click any tract to drill in
Why Warminster Heights scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Warminster Heights
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
14.2% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,204 rent vs county FMR
1.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Warminster Heights
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Warminster Heights
9.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Warminster Heights
4.8
How Warminster Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 1,158Total filings over 7 yrs
- 13.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.3%Peak (2000)
- 99Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Warminster Heights
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.9/10. 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 Warminster Heights, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,158 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 14.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 20.3% of renter households in 2000.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 58th 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 42017101605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017101605?
Census tract 42017101605 in Warminster Heights scores 5.3/10 (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 42017101605?
Median gross rent is $1,204/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017101605?
14.2% of residents in tract 42017101605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,435.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017101605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 48th, minority 58th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017101605?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,158 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017101605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.97% of renter households, peaking at 20.3% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017101605 compare to Warminster Heights overall?
Tract 42017101605 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Warminster Heights at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Warminster Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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