Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Palmerton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42025020900 · Carbon County, PA · pop 5,602
Tract 42025020900 sits in Palmerton, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. Population here is 5,602. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.1/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,574
Renter share37.8%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$71,471
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Palmerton and the region
Centroid at 40.8041, -75.6171 · click any tract to drill in
Why Palmerton scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Palmerton
4.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$913 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Palmerton
3.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Palmerton
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Palmerton
4.8
How Palmerton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 33Total filings over 1 yrs
- 5.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2005)
- 33Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Palmerton
roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Carbon County average of 40.9%. The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 33 evictions over 1 years of observation. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7/10. The worst year on record was 2005, when 5.0% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $71,471, annual rent is just 15%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Carbon County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $913, close to the Palmerton average. 38% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42025020900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42025020900?
Census tract 42025020900 in Palmerton scores 3.9/10 (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 42025020900?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42025020900?
12.3% of residents in tract 42025020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,602.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42025020900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 33th, minority 3th, housing 23th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42025020900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 33 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 42025020900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.04% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42025020900 compare to Palmerton overall?
Tract 42025020900 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Palmerton at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Palmerton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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