Waldheim Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Allentown

29% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. It sits 1.9 points above the Lehigh County average of 4.7.

The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,102 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2003 at 14.4% of renter households.

In a typical year about 12.4% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Average gross rent is $1,384, close to the Allentown average. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $62,411. 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.