Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42045400600 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42045400600 · Delaware County, PA · pop 5,320
Census tract 42045400600 belongs to Delaware in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It is home to 5,320 residents and scores 5.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. It lands near the 63rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 74% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,307 a month against an average household income of $81,063 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 33% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,983
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$81,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
43
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Delaware County and the region
Centroid at 39.9652, -75.2847 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42045400600 scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,307 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 42045400600 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 67%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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)
- 402Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.3%Peak (2006)
- 77Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 267% 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 42045400600
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Delaware County average of 5.9 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 402 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 8.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.3% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045400600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045400600?
Census tract 42045400600 in Delaware County scores 3.6/10 (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 42045400600?
Median gross rent is $1,307/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045400600?
10.1% of residents in tract 42045400600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,320.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045400600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 38th, minority 67th, housing 51th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045400600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 402 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045400600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.70% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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