Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #59,085 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42129807403 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42129807403 · Westmoreland County, PA · pop 2,139
Census tract 42129807403 sits in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 3.8/10. It lands near the 9th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 0% of renter households, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $95,469 a year. About 4% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 65% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units881
Renter share3.5%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$95,469
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
31
th percentile
Low
National
30
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westmoreland County and the region
Centroid at 40.3110, -79.4637 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42129807403 scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.6
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42129807403 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42129807403
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Westmoreland County average of 4.7 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is among the easier places to operate: faster process, lighter tenant-protection overhead, and shorter typical cases.
Frequently asked
About tract 42129807403
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42129807403?
Census tract 42129807403 in Westmoreland County scores 3.7/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42129807403?
9.9% of residents in tract 42129807403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,139.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42129807403?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 5th, minority 4th, housing 9th.
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