Within county
85
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42029302803 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42029302803 · Chester County, PA · pop 2,364
Census tract 42029302803 belongs to Chester, Pennsylvania. It is home to 2,364 residents and scores 5.4/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #40,264 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 82% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 74% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,774 a month while the average household earns $74,167 a year, roughly 29% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
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
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
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 3.3
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
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 2.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.3% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029302803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029302803?
Census tract 42029302803 in Chester County scores 3.3/10 (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 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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