Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Windridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Downingtown
Tract 42029304101 · Chester County, PA · pop 4,721 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 42029304101 sits in the Windridge area of Downingtown, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units2,259
Renter share57.0%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate2.9%
Median income$78,838
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Downingtown and the region
Centroid at 40.0094, -75.6951 · click any tract to drill in
Why Windridge scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Downingtown
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
2.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,598 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Downingtown
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Downingtown
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Downingtown
4.3
How Windridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 43
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 52%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 693Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.7%Peak (2001)
- 46Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 56% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Windridge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Windridge
Running cool, economic stress reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Court records carry 693 eviction filings across 7 observed years. It sits 0.7 points above the Chester County average of 4.4. Filings peaked in 2001 at 13.7% of renter households.
In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. 38% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
Average gross rent is $1,598, close to the Downingtown average.
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 42029304101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029304101?
Census tract 42029304101 in the Windridge neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 42029304101?
Median gross rent is $1,598/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029304101?
2.9% of residents in tract 42029304101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,721.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029304101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 52th, minority 52th, housing 65th.
Q5
Is tract 42029304101 considered part of Windridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42029304101 fall within Windridge (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029304101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 693 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029304101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.48% of renter households, peaking at 13.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42029304101 compare to Downingtown overall?
Tract 42029304101 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Downingtown at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Downingtown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Downingtown
Top eight tracts in Downingtown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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