Edgeboro Eviction Risk: Elevated , Bethlehem

Against Northampton County at 43.1%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 2.2 points above the Northampton County average of 4.5.

22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.1/10.

At $1,266 a month, rents run 8% under what the rest of Bethlehem commands. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Bethlehem. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Nationally it ranks #14,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 20% 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.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.1 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.