Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Phoenixville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42029300800 · Chester County, PA · pop 4,665
Census tract 42029300800 covers part of Phoenixville, PA, and scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,665 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units2,292
Renter share59.7%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$73,558
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Phoenixville and the region
Centroid at 40.1277, -75.5323 · click any tract to drill in
Why Phoenixville scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Phoenixville
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,406 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Phoenixville
4.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Phoenixville
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Phoenixville
4.7
How Phoenixville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 40%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)
- 442Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.5%Peak (2005)
- 105Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 338% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Phoenixville
The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Chester County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Average gross rent is $1,406, 19% below the Phoenixville average.
Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.8/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.8/10.
Court records carry 442 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 9.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. 40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $73,558.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029300800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029300800?
Census tract 42029300800 in Phoenixville scores 5.9/10 (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 42029300800?
Median gross rent is $1,406/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029300800?
13.0% of residents in tract 42029300800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,665.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029300800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 53th, minority 40th, housing 38th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029300800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 442 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029300800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.51% of renter households, peaking at 9.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029300800 compare to Phoenixville overall?
Tract 42029300800 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Phoenixville at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Phoenixville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Phoenixville
Top eight tracts in Phoenixville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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