Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Biery's Port Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Catasauqua
Tract 42077005702 · Lehigh County, PA · pop 4,257 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
42077005702 is a census tract in the Biery's Port Historic District area of Fullerton, PA. It scores 5.3/10 for landlords. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units2,038
Renter share41.9%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$51,832
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Catasauqua and the region
Centroid at 40.6377, -75.4762 · click any tract to drill in
Why Biery's Port Historic District scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Catasauqua
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,193 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Catasauqua
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Catasauqua
9.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Catasauqua
7.4
How Biery's Port Historic District compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 146Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2000)
- 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Biery's Port Historic District. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Biery's Port Historic District
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9/10.
Against Lehigh County at 45.1%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Average gross rent is $1,193, 16% below the Fullerton average.
Court records carry 146 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2000, when 4.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
It tracks the Lehigh County average of 4.7 closely. Annual rent works out to 28% of average household income of $51,832.
42% 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.
Frequently asked
About tract 42077005702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42077005702?
Census tract 42077005702 in the Biery's Port Historic District neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 42077005702?
Median gross rent is $1,193/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42077005702?
8.4% of residents in tract 42077005702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,257.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42077005702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 37th, minority 30th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 42077005702 considered part of Biery's Port Historic District?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42077005702 fall within Biery's Port Historic District (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42077005702?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 146 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42077005702 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.95% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42077005702 compare to Catasauqua overall?
Tract 42077005702 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Catasauqua at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Catasauqua; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Catasauqua
Top eight tracts in Catasauqua ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Related