Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally
Plumsteadville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017104204 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,429 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Plumsteadville
With a score of 3.2/10, tract 42017104204 in Plumsteadville, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,429 residents. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9/10.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units2,122
Renter share13.0%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate3.6%
Median income$122,061
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
25
th percentile
Low
National
25
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plumsteadville and the region
Centroid at 40.3696, -75.1557 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plumsteadville scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plumsteadville
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
3.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,214 rent vs county FMR
7.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plumsteadville
9.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plumsteadville
2.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plumsteadville
5.4
How Plumsteadville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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)
- 23Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2004)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 400% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plumsteadville
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10.
Cost burden runs 50% here against 41.8% across Bucks County. The voucher gap is 22.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 23 filings here across 6 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points below the Bucks County average of 4.0. Filings peaked in 2004 at 5.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 13% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017104204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017104204?
Census tract 42017104204 in Plumsteadville 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 42017104204?
Median gross rent is $2,214/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017104204?
3.6% of residents in tract 42017104204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,429.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017104204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 20th, minority 16th, housing 3th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017104204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42017104204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.01% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017104204 compare to Plumsteadville overall?
Tract 42017104204 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Plumsteadville at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plumsteadville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Plumsteadville
Top eight tracts in Plumsteadville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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