Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Locust Valley Eviction Risk: Lower , Coopersburg
Tract 42077006902 · Lehigh County, PA · pop 2,332 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Tract 42077006902 sits in the Locust Valley area of Coopersburg, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It is home to 2,332 residents. Cost burden runs 64% here against 45.1% across Lehigh County.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,115
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$69,531
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Coopersburg and the region
Centroid at 40.5097, -75.3915 · click any tract to drill in
Why Locust Valley scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Coopersburg
5.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$942 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Coopersburg
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Coopersburg
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Coopersburg
5.8
How Locust Valley compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 20%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)
- 76Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2002)
- 8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Locust Valley. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Locust Valley
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.2/10. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.5/10. It sits 0.9 points below the Lehigh County average of 4.7.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 76 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 6.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $69,531, annual rent is just 16%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least 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 42077006902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42077006902?
Census tract 42077006902 in the Locust Valley neighborhood scores 3.8/10 (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 42077006902?
Median gross rent is $942/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42077006902?
5.9% of residents in tract 42077006902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,332.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42077006902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 38th, minority 24th, housing 20th.
Q5
Is tract 42077006902 considered part of Locust Valley?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42077006902 fall within Locust Valley (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42077006902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42077006902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.66% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42077006902 compare to Coopersburg overall?
Tract 42077006902 scores 3.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Coopersburg at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Coopersburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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