Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Doylestown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42017104702 · Bucks County, PA · pop 2,973
Tract 42017104702 sits in Doylestown, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. Population here is 2,973. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,419
Renter share58.3%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$106,938
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Doylestown and the region
Centroid at 40.3101, -75.1308 · click any tract to drill in
Why Doylestown scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Doylestown
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,636 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Doylestown
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Doylestown
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Doylestown
5.3
How Doylestown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 92Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2004)
- 17Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 89% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Doylestown
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.6/10. Against Bucks County at 41.8%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.8/10. The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 92 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Against the Bucks County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. The worst year on record was 2004, when 3.4% of renter households were served. At $1,636 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Doylestown commands.
In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017104702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017104702?
Census tract 42017104702 in Doylestown scores 4.7/10 (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 42017104702?
Median gross rent is $1,636/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017104702?
7.1% of residents in tract 42017104702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,973.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017104702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 70th, minority 9th, housing 49th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017104702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017104702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.31% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017104702 compare to Doylestown overall?
Tract 42017104702 scores 4.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Doylestown at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Doylestown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Doylestown
Top eight tracts in Doylestown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Related