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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally

Briarcliffe Eviction Risk: Moderate , Collingdale

Tract 42045403401 · Delaware County, PA · pop 3,039 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

Tract 42045403401 sits in the Briarcliffe area of Folcroft, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. Population here is 3,039. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.8/10.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 22% Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,232
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$53,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 15 tracts In Briarcliffe
Elevated
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Collingdale
Very Low
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 152 tracts In Delaware County
Elevated
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#957 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Collingdale and the region

Centroid at 39.8979, -75.2806 · click any tract to drill in

Why Briarcliffe scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Collingdale
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,186 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Collingdale
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Collingdale
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Collingdale
7.2

How Briarcliffe compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Briarcliffe risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.4This tracttract 4034014.5Collingdaleparent city4.7Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 57

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)

  • 181Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.02%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.8%Peak (2006)
  • 32Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42045403401
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Briarcliffe. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Briarcliffe

Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.6/10. Cost burden runs 42% here against 50.9% across Delaware County. The severe-burden share is 18%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 181 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Against the Delaware County average of 4.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. At $1,186 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Folcroft commands.

Filings peaked in 2006 at 9.8% of renter households. In a typical year about 7.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.1/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $53,125.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42045403401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045403401?

Census tract 42045403401 in the Briarcliffe neighborhood 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 42045403401?

Median gross rent is $1,186/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42045403401?

8.4% of residents in tract 42045403401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,039.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42045403401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 24th, minority 66th, housing 42th.
Q5

Is tract 42045403401 considered part of Briarcliffe?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42045403401 fall within Briarcliffe (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045403401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 181 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045403401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.02% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42045403401 compare to Collingdale overall?

Tract 42045403401 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Collingdale at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Collingdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Collingdale

Top eight tracts in Collingdale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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