Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Viscose Village Eviction Risk: Moderate , Chester
Tract 42045406802 · Delaware County, PA · pop 4,807 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 42045406802 covers part of the Viscose Village area of Boothwyn, PA, and scores 4.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 68%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,741
Renter share14.2%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate11.6%
Median income$88,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
52
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chester and the region
Centroid at 39.8324, -75.4298 · click any tract to drill in
Why Viscose Village scores 4.3
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
11.6% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,278 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chester
7.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chester
6.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chester
6.0
How Viscose Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 44%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)
- 164Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2006)
- 39Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 144% 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
82% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Delaware County average of 50.9%. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.8/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.5/10. The filing record is not thin: 164 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 10.7% of renter households were served. At $1,278 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Boothwyn commands.
In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 47% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $88,438, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Delaware County average of 4.7 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045406802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045406802?
Census tract 42045406802 in the Viscose Village neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 42045406802?
Median gross rent is $1,278/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 82% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045406802?
11.6% of residents in tract 42045406802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,807.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045406802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 74th, minority 34th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 42045406802 considered part of Viscose Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42045406802 fall within Viscose Village (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045406802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 164 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045406802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.30% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42045406802 compare to Chester overall?
Tract 42045406802 scores 4.3/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chester
Top eight tracts in Chester ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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