Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Pughtown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42029301500 · Chester County, PA · pop 2,785 · 16% of tract blocks fall in Pughtown
Pughtown is where census tract 42029301500 sits, home to 2,785 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 3.8/10. That is riskier than about 9% of US census tracts.
15% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,571 a month while the average household earns $138,672 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 10% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units993
Renter share9.8%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$138,672
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pughtown and the region
Centroid at 40.1781, -75.6772 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pughtown scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pughtown
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,571 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pughtown
1.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pughtown
2.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pughtown
2.7
How Pughtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 24%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 15Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2004)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pughtown
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 3.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pughtown, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 15 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.0% of renter households in 2004.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029301500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029301500?
Census tract 42029301500 in Pughtown scores 1.1/10 (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 42029301500?
Median gross rent is $1,571/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029301500?
1.6% of residents in tract 42029301500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,785.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029301500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 24th, minority 5th, housing 44th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029301500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42029301500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.18% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029301500 compare to Pughtown overall?
Tract 42029301500 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Pughtown at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pughtown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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