Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Media Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42045407502 · Delaware County, PA · pop 3,238
How risky is Media for landlords? Census tract 42045407502 scores 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #43,335 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,229 monthly, set against $76,777 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 76% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 53%
Owners 24%
Tract context
Occupied units1,889
Renter share75.7%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$76,777
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Media and the region
Centroid at 39.9168, -75.3890 · click any tract to drill in
Why Media scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Media
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,229 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Media
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Media
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Media
3.1
How Media compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 391Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2001)
- 36Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Media
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Media, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Delaware County average of 5.9 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 391 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.9% of renter households in 2001.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 24th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045407502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045407502?
Census tract 42045407502 in Media scores 2.5/10 (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 42045407502?
Median gross rent is $1,229/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045407502?
5.8% of residents in tract 42045407502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,238.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045407502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 2th, minority 27th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045407502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 391 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045407502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.63% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42045407502 compare to Media overall?
Tract 42045407502 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Media at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Media; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Media
Top eight tracts in Media ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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