Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Sheakleyville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42085031800 · Mercer County, PA · pop 4,684 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Sheakleyville
Census tract 42085031800 sits in Sheakleyville, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.2/10. It lands near the 15th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 12% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $734 monthly, set against $58,520 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,875
Renter share13.4%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$58,520
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
National
65
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sheakleyville and the region
Centroid at 41.4401, -80.1915 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sheakleyville scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sheakleyville
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$734 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sheakleyville
1.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sheakleyville
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sheakleyville
4.5
How Sheakleyville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 41
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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)
- 56Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2006)
- 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 140% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sheakleyville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.8/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Sheakleyville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Mercer County average of 5.2 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 56 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.9% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 41st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42085031800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085031800?
Census tract 42085031800 in Sheakleyville scores 4.7/10 (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 42085031800?
Median gross rent is $734/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 12% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085031800?
11.2% of residents in tract 42085031800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,684.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085031800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 58th, minority 3th, housing 33th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085031800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 56 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42085031800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.39% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42085031800 compare to Sheakleyville overall?
Tract 42085031800 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Sheakleyville at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sheakleyville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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