Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #44,239 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42085032000 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42085032000 · Mercer County, PA · pop 4,932
With a score of 4.3/10, tract 42085032000 in Mercer County, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,932. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Mercer County average of 38.3%.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,046
Renter share18.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$52,908
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
53
th percentile
Moderate
National
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mercer County and the region
Centroid at 41.4276, -80.4569 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42085032000 scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,053 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42085032000 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%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)
- 62Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.31%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2002)
- 4Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42085032000
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.7/10. The voucher gap is 16.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 9% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
The filing record is not thin: 62 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2002 at 5.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 47th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 19% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. It tracks the Mercer County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,053 a month.
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 42085032000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085032000?
Census tract 42085032000 in Mercer County scores 4.3/10 (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 42085032000?
Median gross rent is $1,053/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085032000?
15.4% of residents in tract 42085032000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,932.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085032000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 52th, minority 6th, housing 95th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085032000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42085032000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.31% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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