Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Emlenton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42121201500 · Venango County, PA · pop 3,315 · 13% of tract blocks fall in Emlenton
Tract 42121201500 sits in Emlenton, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. It is home to 3,315 residents. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.4/10.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,532
Renter share17.0%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$59,709
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Emlenton and the region
Centroid at 41.2542, -79.7325 · click any tract to drill in
Why Emlenton scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Emlenton
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$776 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Emlenton
8.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Emlenton
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Emlenton
7.0
How Emlenton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 2%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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)
- 10Total filings over 5 yrs
- 0.73%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2004)
- 2Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Emlenton
Against Venango County at 36.2%, roughly one in four of renters here are cost-burdened. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.6/10. Court records carry 10 eviction filings across 5 observed years. Well under the midpoint, regional political climate reads 2.9/10.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 1.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10.
Against average income of $59,709, annual rent is just 16%. It tracks the Venango County average of 3.9 closely.
Average gross rent is $776, close to the Emlenton 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 42121201500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42121201500?
Census tract 42121201500 in Emlenton scores 3.9/10 (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 42121201500?
Median gross rent is $776/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42121201500?
10.3% of residents in tract 42121201500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,315.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42121201500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 49th, minority 2th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42121201500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 10 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 42121201500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.73% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42121201500 compare to Emlenton overall?
Tract 42121201500 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Emlenton at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Emlenton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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