Jordan Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Allentown
Tract 42077000800 · Lehigh County, PA · pop 4,207 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 42077000800 sits in the Jordan Heights area of Allentown eviction risk, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
79% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,272 a month against an average household income of $31,774 a year, roughly 48% of income at the averages. About 78% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Allentown and the region
Centroid at 40.6121, -75.4717 · click any tract to drill in
Why Jordan Heights scores 7.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Jordan Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 100%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
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)
- 817Total filings over 7 yrs
- 16.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.8%Peak (2006)
- 152Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
What drives eviction risk in Jordan Heights
What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 817 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 16.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.8% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 97th 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.
About tract 42077000800
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