Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #47,371 of 84,120 nationally
Polk Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42121200201 · Venango County, PA · pop 3,311 · 14% of tract blocks fall in Polk
With a score of 4.1/10, tract 42121200201 in Polk, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,311. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
4.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units1,331
Renter share13.8%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$63,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
National
44
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Polk and the region
Centroid at 41.4348, -79.9340 · click any tract to drill in
Why Polk scores 4.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Polk
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$690 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Polk
7.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Polk
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Polk
8.6
How Polk compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Polk
What pushes it up most is housing-court posture at 8.6/10. Cost burden runs 46% here against 36.2% across Venango County. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.7/10.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. That is riskier than roughly 44% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $63,750, annual rent is just 13%. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Venango County average of 3.9 closely. Average gross rent is $690, close to the Polk average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42121200201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42121200201?
Census tract 42121200201 in Polk 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 42121200201?
Median gross rent is $690/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42121200201?
13.9% of residents in tract 42121200201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,311.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42121200201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 60th, minority 5th, housing 76th.
Q5
How does tract 42121200201 compare to Polk overall?
Tract 42121200201 scores 4.1/10, right in line with the parent city of Polk at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Polk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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