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Neighborhood · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally

Brookhaven Borough Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 42045410800 · Delaware County, PA · pop 8,313 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Census tract 42045410800 covers the Brookhaven Borough area of Brookhaven, home to 8,313 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, an elevated reading. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

61% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 58% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,494 a month against an average household income of $133,725 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 10% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 4% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units3,020
Renter share9.9%
SVI overall0.15
Poverty rate4.9%
Median income$133,725

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 7 tracts In Brookhaven Borough
Very Low
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Brookhaven
Moderate
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#149 of 152 tracts In Delaware County
Very Low
Within state
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#3,367 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brookhaven and the region

Centroid at 39.8882, -75.3778 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookhaven Borough scores 1.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brookhaven
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.9% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,494 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brookhaven
8.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brookhaven
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brookhaven
5.7

How Brookhaven Borough compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brookhaven Borough risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.21.2This tracttract 410800Brookhaven: 3.73.7Brookhavenparent cityCounty: 3.43.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 15

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 70Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.88%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.0%Peak (2002)
  • 10Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420454108002000: 10 filings (2.75/100 renter HHs)2001: 8 filings (2.20/100 renter HHs)2002: 11 filings (3.02/100 renter HHs)2003: 11 filings (3.02/100 renter HHs)2004: 9 filings (2.47/100 renter HHs)2005: 11 filings (3.51/100 renter HHs)2006: 10 filings (3.19/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brookhaven Borough. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brookhaven Borough

The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.8/10. 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 Brookhaven, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Delaware County average of 5.9 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 70 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.0% of renter households in 2002.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 15th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42045410800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42045410800?

Census tract 42045410800 in the Brookhaven Borough neighborhood scores 1.2/10 (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 42045410800?

Median gross rent is $1,494/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 61% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42045410800?

4.9% of residents in tract 42045410800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,313.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42045410800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 15th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 7th, household 29th, minority 40th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 42045410800 considered part of Brookhaven Borough?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42045410800 fall within Brookhaven Borough (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42045410800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 70 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42045410800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.88% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42045410800 compare to Brookhaven overall?

Tract 42045410800 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Brookhaven at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brookhaven; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42045410800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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