Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Swarthmore Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42045407600 · Delaware County, PA · pop 6,507 · 91% of tract blocks fall in Swarthmore
Census tract 42045407600 runs through Swarthmore. With 6,507 residents, it scores 5.6/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,493 a month while the average household earns $146,992 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 25% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units2,137
Renter share25.5%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$146,992
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swarthmore and the region
Centroid at 39.9016, -75.3491 · click any tract to drill in
Why Swarthmore scores 1.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Swarthmore
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,493 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swarthmore
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swarthmore
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swarthmore
3.7
How Swarthmore compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%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)
- 79Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.11%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2005)
- 4Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 79% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Swarthmore
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 5.7/10. 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 Swarthmore, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 79 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42045407600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045407600?
Census tract 42045407600 in Swarthmore scores 1.1/10 (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 42045407600?
Median gross rent is $1,493/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045407600?
2.8% of residents in tract 42045407600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,507.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045407600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 9th, minority 41th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045407600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 79 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045407600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.11% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42045407600 compare to Swarthmore overall?
Tract 42045407600 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Swarthmore at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Swarthmore; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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