Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Park Ridge Eviction Risk: Moderate , Allentown
Tract 42077002302 ·
Lehigh County, PA · pop 2,835 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 42077002302 in the Park Ridge area of Allentown, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 22% here against 45.1% across Lehigh County.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%Stable renters 19%Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,153
Renter share24.8%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$70,430
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Park Ridge
Moderate
Within parent city
11th percentile
#25 of 28 tracts In Allentown
Very Low
Within county
58th percentile
#35 of 81 tracts In Lehigh County
Elevated
Within state
72th percentile
#957 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Allentown and the region
Centroid at 40.5885, -75.5103 · click any tract to drill in
Why Park Ridge scores 5.4
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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,209 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Park Ridge compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
29%Socioeconomic
66%Household composition
48%Racial/ethnic minority
62%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)
45Total filings over 7 yrs
4.55%Avg annual filing rate
8.5%Peak (2004)
11Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2006
Filings climbed 120% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Park Ridge
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 45 filings here across 7 tracked years. Running cool, supply constraint reads 3/10.
Against the Lehigh County average of 4.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2004 at 8.5% of renter households.
Average gross rent is $1,209, 8% below the Allentown average. In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 25% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 5.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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.
Frequently asked
About tract 42077002302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42077002302?
Census tract 42077002302 in the Park Ridge neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 42077002302?
Median gross rent is $1,209/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42077002302?
10.1% of residents in tract 42077002302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,835.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42077002302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 66th, minority 48th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 42077002302 considered part of Park Ridge?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42077002302 fall within Park Ridge (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42077002302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42077002302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.55% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42077002302 compare to Allentown overall?
Tract 42077002302 scores 5.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Allentown at 5.2/10. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Allentown
Top eight tracts in Allentown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.