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Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Drexel Hill Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 42045401200 · Delaware County, PA · pop 3,487

With a score of 3.9/10, tract 42045401200 in Drexel Hill, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,487. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 11% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,444
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$96,875

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 11 tracts In Drexel Hill
Moderate
Within county
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#83 of 152 tracts In Delaware County
Moderate
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#1,923 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
National
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#50,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Drexel Hill and the region

Centroid at 39.9503, -75.3212 · click any tract to drill in

Why Drexel Hill scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,371 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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.
Drexel Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.9This tracttract 4012004.4Drexel Hillparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

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)

  • 71Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.5%Peak (2003)
  • 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42045401200
Filings climbed 20% 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

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.4/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.4/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 71 filings here across 7 tracked years. Against the Delaware County average of 4.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.

The worst year on record was 2003, when 2.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $96,875, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Rent takes 30% or more of income for 53% of renters. Average gross rent is $1,371, close to the Drexel Hill average.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42045401200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045401200?

Census tract 42045401200 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 42045401200?

Median gross rent is $1,371/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42045401200?

5.7% of residents in tract 42045401200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,487.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42045401200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 36th, minority 14th, housing 27th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045401200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 71 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045401200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.17% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42045401200 compare to Drexel Hill overall?

Tract 42045401200 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.

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