Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Kenilworth Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42029301402 · Chester County, PA · pop 5,052 · 7% of tract blocks fall in Kenilworth
How risky is Kenilworth in Chester County for landlords? Census tract 42029301402 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 47% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,492 monthly, set against $120,057 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units2,030
Renter share9.8%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate2.6%
Median income$120,057
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kenilworth and the region
Centroid at 40.2182, -75.6924 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kenilworth scores 1.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kenilworth
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
2.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,492 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kenilworth
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kenilworth
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kenilworth
4.2
How Kenilworth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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)
- 131Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.0%Peak (2002)
- 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 62% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kenilworth
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. 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 Kenilworth, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 131 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 7.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.0% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029301402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029301402?
Census tract 42029301402 in Kenilworth scores 1.3/10 (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 42029301402?
Median gross rent is $1,492/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029301402?
2.6% of residents in tract 42029301402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029301402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 5th, minority 10th, housing 15th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029301402?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 131 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029301402 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.41% of renter households, peaking at 10.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029301402 compare to Kenilworth overall?
Tract 42029301402 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Kenilworth at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kenilworth; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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