Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42017106401 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42017106401 · Bucks County, PA · pop 8,390
Tract 42017106401 sits in Bucks County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.3/10. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.6/10.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units3,015
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$99,042
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bucks County and the region
Centroid at 40.4257, -75.3314 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42017106401 scores 4.3
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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,618 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 42017106401 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 15
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 12%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)
- 165Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2003)
- 25Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% 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 42017106401
Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10. Court records carry 165 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
The severe-burden share is 8%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The worst year on record was 2003, when 7.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 11% 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.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. 39% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Bucks County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,618 a month.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42017106401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42017106401?
Census tract 42017106401 in Bucks County scores 4.3/10 (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 42017106401?
Median gross rent is $1,618/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42017106401?
7.5% of residents in tract 42017106401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,390.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42017106401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 39th, minority 20th, housing 12th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42017106401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 165 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42017106401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.65% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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