Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Drexel Hill Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42045401101 · Delaware County, PA · pop 3,207 · 84% of tract blocks fall in Drexel Hill
With a score of 3.9/10, tract 42045401101 in Drexel Hill, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,207 residents. Against Delaware County at 50.9%, 16% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,281
Renter share21.9%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$97,153
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Drexel Hill and the region
Centroid at 39.9595, -75.2923 · click any tract to drill in
Why Drexel Hill scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Drexel Hill
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,866 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Drexel Hill
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Drexel Hill
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Drexel Hill
5.1
How Drexel Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%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)
- 56Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2002)
- 4Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Drexel Hill
At $1,866 a month, rents run 38% over what the rest of Drexel Hill commands. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.4/10. On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Court records carry 56 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
It sits 0.8 points below the Delaware County average of 4.7. The worst year on record was 2002, when 3.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 22% 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045401101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045401101?
Census tract 42045401101 in Drexel Hill scores 3.9/10 (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 42045401101?
Median gross rent is $1,866/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045401101?
5.5% of residents in tract 42045401101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,207.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045401101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 66th, minority 41th, housing 1th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045401101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 56 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045401101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42045401101 compare to Drexel Hill overall?
Tract 42045401101 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Drexel Hill at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Drexel Hill eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Drexel Hill
Top eight tracts in Drexel Hill ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · PA
42045401303
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
42045401302
5.7
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
42045401104
5.5
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
42045401402
4.8
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · PA
42045401000
4.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Tract · PA
42045401200
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · PA
42045401401
3.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · PA
42045400802
3.6
/ 10 · Low
Related