Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42045408101 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42045408101 · Delaware County, PA · pop 6,278
How risky is Delaware for landlords? Census tract 42045408101 scores 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 22nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 15% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,319 a month against an average household income of $144,900 a year, roughly 11% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,898
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$144,900
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Delaware County and the region
Centroid at 39.9875, -75.3562 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42045408101 scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,319 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42045408101 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 35Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.29%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2002)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42045408101
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, 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 below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 35 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.9% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st 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 42045408101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045408101?
Census tract 42045408101 in Delaware County scores 2/10 (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 42045408101?
Median gross rent is $1,319/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42045408101?
0.8% of residents in tract 42045408101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,278.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42045408101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 56th, minority 39th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045408101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 35 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045408101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.29% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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