Financial Stress · Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania — financial stress by county

The Financial Stress Index (FSI) combines renter cost burden, eviction rate, and debt in collections into a 0–100 score. 25 of 67 Pennsylvania counties have all three inputs and receive a score. Because 42 counties are missing eviction data, no state-wide average is shown here — averaging across the reporting subset would be misleading. Philadelphia, PA has the highest score at 87.

Top 10 — Most Stressed Counties

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked by FSI score

CountyFSI
1 Philadelphia, PA 87
2 Delaware, PA 54
3 Erie, PA 49
4 Lackawanna, PA 45
5 Luzerne, PA 45
6 Lawrence, PA 44
7 Lycoming, PA 40
8 Mercer, PA 40
9 Indiana, PA 39
10 Allegheny, PA 36
Source  ·  US Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2024 (2020–2024) · Princeton Eviction Lab (through 2018) · Urban Institute Debt in America (2024)  ·  Full FSI methodology →

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