Within county
85
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42029302803 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42029302803 · Chester County, PA · pop 2,364
42029302803 is a census tract in Chester County, PA. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,364. Severe burden reaches 74%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share8.0%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$74,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chester County and the region
Centroid at 40.0100, -75.5500 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42029302803 scores 5.6
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
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,774 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 42029302803 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.3%Peak (2006)
- 1Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42029302803
Against Chester County at 41.5%, 82% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.5/10.
Against the Chester County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 filings here across 1 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 2.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent runs $1,774 a month. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $74,167.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029302803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029302803?
Census tract 42029302803 in Chester County scores 5.6/10 (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 42029302803?
Median gross rent is $1,774/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029302803?
10.0% of residents in tract 42029302803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,364.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029302803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 23th, minority 3th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029302803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 42029302803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.33% of renter households, peaking at 2.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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