Within county
85
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42029304900 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42029304900 · Chester County, PA · pop 8,265
Tract 42029304900 sits in Chester County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. Population here is 8,265. Severe burden reaches 33%. 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 15%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units3,060
Renter share27.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$82,639
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 40.0893, -75.8865 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42029304900 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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,407 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 42029304900 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 98%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)
- 461Total filings over 7 yrs
- 14.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.5%Peak (2006)
- 100Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 82% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42029304900
Against Chester County at 41.5%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.7/10. It sits 1.2 points above the Chester County average of 4.4.
On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 461 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 20.5% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 14.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. 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 most pressured.
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 42029304900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029304900?
Census tract 42029304900 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 42029304900?
Median gross rent is $1,407/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029304900?
10.8% of residents in tract 42029304900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,265.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029304900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 61th, minority 9th, housing 98th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029304900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 461 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029304900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.90% of renter households, peaking at 20.5% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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