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Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Elverson Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42029311500 · Chester County, PA · pop 3,480 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Elverson

Tract 42029311500 sits in Elverson, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.4/10. It is home to 3,480 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
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 parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Elverson
Moderate
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#47 of 124 tracts In Chester County
Elevated
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,584 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,813 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Elverson and the region

Centroid at 40.1221, -75.8201 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elverson scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Elverson risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 3115004.0Elversonparent city4.4Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 24

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)

  • 23Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 2.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak (2000)
  • 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42029311500
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

Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.6/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 23 filings here across 6 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2000 at 3.4% of renter households. At $896 a month, rents run 8% over what the rest of Elverson commands.

In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 19% 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 3.2/10. Rent consumes only 11% of average household income of $101,053, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42029311500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029311500?

Census tract 42029311500 in Elverson scores 4.4/10 (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 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 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Elverson at 4/10. 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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