Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Chalfont Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017101900 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,259
Census tract 42017101900 sits in Chalfont in Bucks County, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. It lands near the 82nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 75% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 66% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,984 a month against an average household income of $131,944 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,648
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$131,944
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chalfont and the region
Centroid at 40.2890, -75.2096 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chalfont scores 1.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chalfont
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,984 rent vs county FMR
6.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chalfont
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chalfont
3.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chalfont
7.0
How Chalfont 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.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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)
- 50Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2002)
- 8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 167% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chalfont
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Chalfont, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Bucks County average of 5.4 and above 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 50 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.7% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017101900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017101900?
Census tract 42017101900 in Chalfont scores 1.6/10 (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 42017101900?
Median gross rent is $1,984/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 75% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017101900?
8.0% of residents in tract 42017101900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,259.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017101900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 27th, minority 15th, housing 29th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017101900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 50 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017101900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.64% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017101900 compare to Chalfont overall?
Tract 42017101900 scores 1.6/10, lower than the parent city of Chalfont at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chalfont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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