Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Sterlingworth Eviction Risk: Lower , Dorneyville
Tract 42077006101 · Lehigh County, PA · pop 4,062 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 42077006101 in the Sterlingworth area of Dorneyville, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,062. Severe burden reaches 32%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,793
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$78,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dorneyville and the region
Centroid at 40.5829, -75.5422 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sterlingworth scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dorneyville
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,888 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dorneyville
3.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dorneyville
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dorneyville
3.5
How Sterlingworth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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)
- 28Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2001)
- 1Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sterlingworth
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.2/10. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Lehigh County average of 45.1%. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10.
Against the Lehigh County average of 4.7, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.7 points. The voucher gap is 25.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 28 filings here across 6 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 1.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
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 42077006101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42077006101?
Census tract 42077006101 in the Sterlingworth neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower 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 42077006101?
Median gross rent is $1,888/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42077006101?
6.0% of residents in tract 42077006101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,062.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42077006101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 84th, minority 35th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 42077006101 considered part of Sterlingworth?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42077006101 fall within Sterlingworth (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42077006101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 28 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42077006101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.90% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42077006101 compare to Dorneyville overall?
Tract 42077006101 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Dorneyville at 3.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dorneyville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dorneyville
Top eight tracts in Dorneyville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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