Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Sellersville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017102500 · Bucks County, PA · pop 4,778 · 93% of tract blocks fall in Sellersville
How risky is Sellersville for landlords? Census tract 42017102500 scores 5.5/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #37,089 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,344 a month while the average household earns $88,177 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 36% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,966
Renter share35.9%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$88,177
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sellersville and the region
Centroid at 40.3605, -75.3069 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sellersville scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sellersville
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,344 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sellersville
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sellersville
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sellersville
3.7
How Sellersville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 27%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 154Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2000)
- 24Filings 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 Sellersville
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at $1/10. 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 Sellersville, 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 30th 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 154 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.4% 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 42017102500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017102500?
Census tract 42017102500 in Sellersville scores 2.2/10 (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 42017102500?
Median gross rent is $1,344/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017102500?
6.2% of residents in tract 42017102500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,778.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017102500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 27th, household 30th, minority 22th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017102500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 154 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017102500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.81% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017102500 compare to Sellersville overall?
Tract 42017102500 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of Sellersville at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sellersville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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