Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Sandy Lake Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42085032504 · Mercer County, PA · pop 2,796 · 31% of tract blocks fall in Sandy Lake
With a score of 4.1/10, tract 42085032504 in Sandy Lake, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Mercer County average of 38.3%.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,265
Renter share23.4%
SVI overall0.41
Poverty rate12.0%
Median income$59,700
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sandy Lake and the region
Centroid at 41.3371, -80.0592 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sandy Lake scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sandy Lake
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.0% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$799 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sandy Lake
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sandy Lake
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sandy Lake
4.7
How Sandy Lake 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.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sandy Lake
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.
Severe burden reaches 11%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.7/10. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 23% 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. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $59,700, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
It tracks the Mercer County average of 4.0 closely. Average gross rent is $799, close to the Sandy Lake average.
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 42085032504
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085032504?
Census tract 42085032504 in Sandy Lake scores 4.1/10 (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 42085032504?
Median gross rent is $799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085032504?
12.0% of residents in tract 42085032504 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,796.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085032504?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 41th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 72th, minority 11th, housing 42th.
Q5
How does tract 42085032504 compare to Sandy Lake overall?
Tract 42085032504 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Sandy Lake at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sandy Lake; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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