Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Malvern Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42029300400 · Chester County, PA · pop 3,389
Tract 42029300400 covers Malvern in Pennsylvania. Home to 3,389 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 45th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 33% of renter households, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,886 monthly, set against $106,638 in average yearly household income, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,662
Renter share46.2%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$106,638
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Malvern and the region
Centroid at 40.0331, -75.5154 · click any tract to drill in
Why Malvern scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Malvern
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,886 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Malvern
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Malvern
8.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Malvern
4.0
How Malvern compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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)
- 74Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2003)
- 9Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Malvern
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.8/10. 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 Malvern, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Chester County average of 5.1 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 11th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 74 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.0% of renter households in 2003.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029300400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029300400?
Census tract 42029300400 in Malvern scores 1.9/10 (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 42029300400?
Median gross rent is $1,886/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029300400?
5.8% of residents in tract 42029300400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,389.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029300400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 5th, minority 30th, housing 38th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029300400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 74 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029300400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.08% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029300400 compare to Malvern overall?
Tract 42029300400 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Malvern at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Malvern; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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