Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Sharpsville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42085033300 · Mercer County, PA · pop 2,912 · 63% of tract blocks fall in Sharpsville
Tract 42085033300 sits in Sharpsville, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. Population here is 2,912. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Mercer County average of 38.3%.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,258
Renter share55.6%
SVI overall0.83
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$42,895
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sharpsville and the region
Centroid at 41.2635, -80.4995 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sharpsville scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sharpsville
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$754 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sharpsville
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sharpsville
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sharpsville
6.1
How Sharpsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 83
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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)
- 130Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.02%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2004)
- 19Filings 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 Sharpsville
The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 7.8/10. Against the Mercer County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.6 points.
The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 130 evictions over 7 years of observation.
At $754 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Sharpsville commands. The worst year on record was 2004, when 4.7% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 8.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
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 42085033300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085033300?
Census tract 42085033300 in Sharpsville scores 5.6/10 (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 42085033300?
Median gross rent is $754/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085033300?
25.7% of residents in tract 42085033300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,912.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085033300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 83th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 98th, minority 26th, housing 93th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085033300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 130 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42085033300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.02% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42085033300 compare to Sharpsville overall?
Tract 42085033300 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Sharpsville at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sharpsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sharpsville
Top eight tracts in Sharpsville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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