Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Lionville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42029304404 · Chester County, PA · pop 4,903 · 82% of tract blocks fall in Lionville
Tract 42029304404 sits in Lionville, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 4,903 residents. Against Chester County at 41.5%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units2,344
Renter share54.4%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate3.9%
Median income$92,935
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lionville and the region
Centroid at 40.0449, -75.6535 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lionville scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lionville
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
3.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,778 rent vs county FMR
4.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lionville
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lionville
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lionville
4.6
How Lionville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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)
- 339Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.09%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2006)
- 75Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lionville
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 339 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 8.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.4/10. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Chester County average of 4.4 closely. Average gross rent is $1,778, close to the Lionville average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $92,935.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029304404
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029304404?
Census tract 42029304404 in Lionville scores 4.9/10 (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 42029304404?
Median gross rent is $1,778/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029304404?
3.9% of residents in tract 42029304404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,903.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029304404?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 28th, minority 40th, housing 30th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029304404?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 339 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029304404 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.09% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029304404 compare to Lionville overall?
Tract 42029304404 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Lionville at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lionville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lionville
Top eight tracts in Lionville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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