Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Eastwick Eviction Risk: Elevated , Colwyn
Tract 42045402700 · Delaware County, PA · pop 2,849 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 42045402700 covers part of the Eastwick area of Colwyn, PA, and scores 7.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,849. 39% 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
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units855
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate29.0%
Median income$53,092
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Colwyn and the region
Centroid at 39.9118, -75.2531 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastwick scores 7.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Colwyn
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
29.0% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$1,267 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Colwyn
7.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Colwyn
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Colwyn
8.2
How Eastwick compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 7%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 215Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.8%Peak (2003)
- 35Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Eastwick. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastwick
It sits 3.1 points above the Delaware County average of 4.7. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10. The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 215 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 12.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 12.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #9,043 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045402700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045402700?
Census tract 42045402700 in the Eastwick neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (Elevated 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 42045402700?
Median gross rent is $1,267/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045402700?
29.0% of residents in tract 42045402700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,849.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045402700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 86th, minority 94th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 42045402700 considered part of Eastwick?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42045402700 fall within Eastwick (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045402700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 215 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045402700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.31% of renter households, peaking at 12.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42045402700 compare to Colwyn overall?
Tract 42045402700 scores 7.8/10, higher than the parent city of Colwyn at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Colwyn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42045402700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 7% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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