Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Fairless Hills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42017105808 · Bucks County, PA · pop 3,865 · 88% of tract blocks fall in Fairless Hills
With a score of 6.3/10, tract 42017105808 in Fairless Hills in Bucks County ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,865 residents. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 89% of renter households, a severe level, and 77% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,486 a month against an average household income of $93,489 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 12% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,335
Renter share11.5%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate11.1%
Median income$93,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Fairless Hills and the region
Centroid at 40.1840, -74.8476 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairless Hills scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Fairless Hills
5.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.1% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,486 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Fairless Hills
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Fairless Hills
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Fairless Hills
7.2
How Fairless Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 59%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)
- 211Total filings over 7 yrs
- 46.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 100.0%Peak (2005)
- 36Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 16% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairless Hills
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Fairless Hills, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Bucks County average of 5.4 and above 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 41st 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 211 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 46.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 100.0% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017105808
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017105808?
Census tract 42017105808 in Fairless Hills scores 3.5/10 (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 42017105808?
Median gross rent is $1,486/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 89% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017105808?
11.1% of residents in tract 42017105808 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,865.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017105808?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 59th, minority 20th, housing 59th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017105808?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 211 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017105808 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 46.65% of renter households, peaking at 100.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42017105808 compare to Fairless Hills overall?
Tract 42017105808 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Fairless Hills at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Fairless Hills; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Fairless Hills
Top eight tracts in Fairless Hills ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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