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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally

Midway Manor Eviction Risk: Elevated , Allentown

Tract 42077000101 · Lehigh County, PA · pop 4,816 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 42077000101, home to 4,816 residents in the Midway Manor neighborhood of Allentown, scores 6.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,184 monthly, set against $52,683 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32% Stable renters 21% Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,756
Renter share53.1%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate18.9%
Median income$52,683

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Midway Manor
Moderate
Within parent city
52 th percentile
Rank, 52nd percentileLowHigh
#14 of 28 tracts In Allentown
Moderate
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#16 of 81 tracts In Lehigh County
High
Within state
87 th percentile
Rank, 87th percentileLowHigh
#437 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Allentown and the region

Centroid at 40.6304, -75.4292 · click any tract to drill in

Why Midway Manor scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Allentown
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
18.9% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,184 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Allentown
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Allentown
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Allentown
5.5

How Midway Manor compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Midway Manor risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.06.0This tracttract 000101Allentown: 5.05.0Allentownparent cityCounty: 4.04.0Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 87

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 609Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 25.14%Avg annual filing rate
  • 38.2%Peak (2006)
  • 124Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420770001012000: 76 filings (21.18/100 renter HHs)2001: 79 filings (22.02/100 renter HHs)2002: 83 filings (23.13/100 renter HHs)2003: 80 filings (22.30/100 renter HHs)2004: 76 filings (21.18/100 renter HHs)2005: 91 filings (28.00/100 renter HHs)2006: 124 filings (38.15/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 63% over the past 7 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Midway Manor

What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 5.5/10. 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 Allentown eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lehigh County average of 5.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 42077000101

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42077000101?

Census tract 42077000101 in the Midway Manor neighborhood scores 6/10 (Elevated 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 42077000101?

Median gross rent is $1,184/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42077000101?

18.9% of residents in tract 42077000101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,816.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42077000101?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 81th, minority 78th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 42077000101 considered part of Midway Manor?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42077000101 fall within Midway Manor (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42077000101?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 609 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42077000101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 25.14% of renter households, peaking at 38.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42077000101 compare to Allentown overall?

Tract 42077000101 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Allentown at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Allentown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42077000101 historically redlined?

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