Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017103900 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017103900 · Bucks County, PA · pop 3,819
Tract 42017103900 sits in Bucks County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.2/10. The severe-burden share is 41%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units1,787
Renter share9.3%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$124,821
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.4858, -75.0964 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017103900 scores 3.2
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
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,831 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 42017103900 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 14%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%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)
- 43Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2004)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 29% 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 42017103900
Against Bucks County at 41.8%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Court records carry 43 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Against the Bucks County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 2.7% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 25th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. 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 2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $124,821, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017103900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017103900?
Census tract 42017103900 in Bucks County scores 3.2/10 (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 42017103900?
Median gross rent is $1,831/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017103900?
2.8% of residents in tract 42017103900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,819.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017103900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 12th, minority 14th, housing 28th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017103900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017103900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.24% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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