Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42029300502 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42029300502 · Chester County, PA · pop 3,733
For landlords sizing up Chester, census tract 42029300502 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 12% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
16% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,012 a month against an average household income of $132,583 a year, roughly 9% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,383
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate4.6%
Median income$132,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chester County and the region
Centroid at 40.1190, -75.5273 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42029300502 scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.6% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,012 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 42029300502 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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)
- 90Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2002)
- 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 36% 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 42029300502
The heaviest input here is 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 below the Chester County average of 5.1 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 16th 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 90 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 12.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 16.2% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029300502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029300502?
Census tract 42029300502 in Chester County 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 42029300502?
Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029300502?
4.6% of residents in tract 42029300502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,733.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029300502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 5th, minority 23th, housing 73th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029300502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029300502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.48% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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