Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lake Latonka Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42085032502 · Mercer County, PA · pop 2,141 · 21% of tract blocks fall in Lake Latonka
Tract 42085032502 sits in Lake Latonka, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 2,141 residents. Cost burden runs 20% here against 38.3% across Mercer County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 91%
Tract context
Occupied units843
Renter share8.2%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$77,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lake Latonka and the region
Centroid at 41.2686, -80.0896 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lake Latonka scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lake Latonka
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$940 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lake Latonka
2.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lake Latonka
1.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lake Latonka
2.2
How Lake Latonka 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.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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)
- 14Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2002)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lake Latonka
At $940 a month, rents run 45% over what the rest of Lake Latonka commands. The clearest offset is tenant-organizing strength at 1.9/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.2/10. Against the Mercer County average of 4.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 14 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2002 at 3.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $77,917, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42085032502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085032502?
Census tract 42085032502 in Lake Latonka 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 42085032502?
Median gross rent is $940/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085032502?
8.2% of residents in tract 42085032502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,141.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085032502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 76th, minority 2th, housing 27th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085032502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42085032502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.13% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42085032502 compare to Lake Latonka overall?
Tract 42085032502 scores 3/10, right in line with the parent city of Lake Latonka at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lake Latonka; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lake Latonka
Top eight tracts in Lake Latonka ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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