Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Elverson Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42029311500 · Chester County, PA · pop 3,480 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Elverson
Elverson is where census tract 42029311500 sits, home to 3,480 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.2/10. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $896 a month against an average household income of $101,053 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. About 19% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,400
Renter share18.8%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate6.2%
Median income$101,053
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
National
17
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Elverson and the region
Centroid at 40.1221, -75.8201 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elverson scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Elverson
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.2% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$896 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Elverson
7.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Elverson
6.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Elverson
5.9
How Elverson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 23Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2000)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elverson
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 7.3/10. 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 inherited from Elverson, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 24th 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 23 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2000.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029311500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029311500?
Census tract 42029311500 in Elverson scores 2.3/10 (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 42029311500?
Median gross rent is $896/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029311500?
6.2% of residents in tract 42029311500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,480.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029311500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 30th, minority 10th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029311500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 23 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42029311500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.21% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029311500 compare to Elverson overall?
Tract 42029311500 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Elverson at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Elverson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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