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Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally

Villages at Penn Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , West Grove

Tract 42029307000 · Chester County, PA · pop 5,626 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 42029307000 sits in the Villages at Penn Ridge area of Chester County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4/10. Population here is 5,626. Against Chester County at 41.5%, 26% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 17% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,171
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$113,403

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Villages at Penn Ridge
Very Low
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 124 tracts In Chester County
Moderate
Within state
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#1,846 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
National
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#48,956 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Grove and the region

Centroid at 39.8223, -75.8740 · click any tract to drill in

Why Villages at Penn Ridge scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Grove
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$781 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Grove
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Grove
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Grove
5.0

How Villages at Penn Ridge compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Villages at Penn Ridge risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.0This tracttract 3070004.5West Groveparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 55

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 28Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 1.99%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.8%Peak (2006)
  • 7Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42029307000
Filings climbed 133% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Villages at Penn Ridge. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Villages at Penn Ridge

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10.

The filing record is not thin: 28 evictions over 7 years of observation. Severe burden reaches 8%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Filings peaked in 2006 at 1.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Only 23% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.9/10.

Rent consumes only 8% of average household income of $113,403, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

Poverty sits at 3%, 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 runs $781 a month.

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 42029307000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029307000?

Census tract 42029307000 in the Villages at Penn Ridge neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 42029307000?

Median gross rent is $781/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42029307000?

3.4% of residents in tract 42029307000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,626.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42029307000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 48th, minority 39th, housing 94th.
Q5

Is tract 42029307000 considered part of Villages at Penn Ridge?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42029307000 fall within Villages at Penn Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029307000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029307000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.99% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42029307000 compare to West Grove overall?

Tract 42029307000 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of West Grove at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Grove; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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