Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Elizabeth Manor Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Chester
Tract 42029302706 · Chester County, PA · pop 5,231 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 5/10, tract 42029302706 in the Elizabeth Manor area of Chester County, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 50% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,031
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate11.0%
Median income$103,188
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Chester and the region
Centroid at 39.9530, -75.5864 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elizabeth Manor scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Chester
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.0% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,743 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Chester
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Chester
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Chester
5.0
How Elizabeth Manor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 28Total filings over 7 yrs
- 0.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2006)
- 8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 167% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Elizabeth Manor. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elizabeth Manor
73% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Chester County average of 41.5%. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 28 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 1.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Chester County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,743 a month. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $103,188.
37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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 42029302706
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029302706?
Census tract 42029302706 in the Elizabeth Manor neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 42029302706?
Median gross rent is $1,743/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 73% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029302706?
11.0% of residents in tract 42029302706 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,231.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029302706?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 8th, minority 21th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 42029302706 considered part of Elizabeth Manor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42029302706 fall within Elizabeth Manor (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029302706?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029302706 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.66% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42029302706 compare to West Chester overall?
Tract 42029302706 scores 5/10, lower than the parent city of West Chester at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Chester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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