Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Atglen Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42029311800 · Chester County, PA · pop 3,882 · 40% of tract blocks fall in Atglen
Tract 42029311800 sits in Atglen, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 3,882 residents. 40% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,237
Renter share16.3%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$90,387
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Atglen and the region
Centroid at 39.9699, -75.9581 · click any tract to drill in
Why Atglen scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Atglen
6.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,375 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Atglen
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Atglen
4.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Atglen
9.0
How Atglen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 96Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.2%Peak (2000)
- 8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 71% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Atglen
The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 9.6/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9/10.
At $1,375 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Atglen commands. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. Against the Chester County average of 4.4, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
The filing record is not thin: 96 evictions over 7 years of observation. Against Chester County at 41.5%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The worst year on record was 2000, when 10.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 16% 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. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42029311800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42029311800?
Census tract 42029311800 in Atglen scores 5.4/10 (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 42029311800?
Median gross rent is $1,375/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42029311800?
15.5% of residents in tract 42029311800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,882.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42029311800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 38th, minority 27th, housing 62th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42029311800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42029311800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.15% of renter households, peaking at 10.2% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42029311800 compare to Atglen overall?
Tract 42029311800 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Atglen at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Atglen; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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