Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Sheakleyville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42085031800 · Mercer County, PA · pop 4,684 · 3% of tract blocks fall in Sheakleyville
Census tract 42085031800 covers part of Sheakleyville, PA, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,684 residents. 12% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Mercer County average of 38.3%.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
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
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sheakleyville and the region
Centroid at 41.4401, -80.1915 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sheakleyville scores 3.8
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
Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. Court records carry 56 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 4.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 38% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 13% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Rent consumes only 15% of average household income of $58,520, an unusually wide affordability cushion. It tracks the Mercer County average of 4.0 closely.
Average gross rent is $734, close to the Sheakleyville average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42085031800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085031800?
Census tract 42085031800 in Sheakleyville 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 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 3.8/10, right in line with the parent city of Sheakleyville at 3.8/10. 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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