Within neighborhood
20
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Viscose Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chester
Tract 42045406500 · Delaware County, PA · pop 1,637 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 42045406500 sits in the Viscose Village area of Trainer, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 1,637. The dominant input is rent-regulation exposure at 8.9/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units813
Renter share27.7%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate21.6%
Median income$85,170
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chester and the region
Centroid at 39.8240, -75.4048 · click any tract to drill in
Why Viscose Village scores 5.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chester
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
21.6% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,168 rent vs county FMR
1.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chester
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chester
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chester
8.6
How Viscose Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 26%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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
- 0%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)
- 123Total filings over 7 yrs
- 11.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.5%Peak (2005)
- 16Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Viscose Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Viscose Village
The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.8/10.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.6/10. 58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Delaware County average of 50.9%. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 123 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Against the Delaware County average of 4.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.8 points. Average gross rent is $1,168, 11% below the Trainer average.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 14.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Chester. 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 11.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045406500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045406500?
Census tract 42045406500 in the Viscose Village neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 42045406500?
Median gross rent is $1,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045406500?
21.6% of residents in tract 42045406500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,637.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045406500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 86th, minority 69th, housing 26th.
Q5
Is tract 42045406500 considered part of Viscose Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42045406500 fall within Viscose Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045406500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 123 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045406500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.19% of renter households, peaking at 14.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42045406500 compare to Chester overall?
Tract 42045406500 scores 5.5/10, lower than the parent city of Chester at 6.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chester eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42045406500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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