Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017105801 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017105801 · Bucks County, PA · pop 5,911
Census tract 42017105801 belongs to Bucks, Pennsylvania. It is home to 5,911 residents and scores 5.5/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,504 a month against an average household income of $115,010 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,301
Renter share30.0%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate5.6%
Median income$115,010
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.1963, -74.8246 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017105801 scores 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
5.6% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,504 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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 42017105801 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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)
- 3,987Total filings over 7 yrs
- 64.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 71.7%Peak (2004)
- 564Filings 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 Tract 42017105801
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty 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 set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, 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 54th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3,987 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 64.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 71.7% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017105801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017105801?
Census tract 42017105801 in Bucks County scores 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 42017105801?
Median gross rent is $1,504/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017105801?
5.6% of residents in tract 42017105801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,911.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017105801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 61th, minority 47th, housing 69th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017105801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3,987 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017105801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 64.08% of renter households, peaking at 71.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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