Chester County


51

lawsuits from January 2020 to November 2023

94.1%

of defendants did not have legal representation

47.1%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

January 2020 - November 2023

Out of 28 debt collectors in Chester County, the top 10 (35.7%) are responsible for 33 (64.7%) of 51 lawsuits.

  • 'Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
    11 lawsuits (21.6%)
  • Abc Bail Bonds Inc
    8 lawsuits (15.7%)
  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.
    4 lawsuits (7.8%)
  • Burns Funeral Home Inc
    2 lawsuits (3.9%)
  • Progressive Speciality Insurance Company
    2 lawsuits (3.9%)
  • Penn Medicine University of Pennsylvania Health System Tuition Repayment
    2 lawsuits (3.9%)
  • Scil Texas LLC d/b/a Speedy Cash
    1 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Vantage Pointe West Apts LLC
    1 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Integrity Expr Logistics LLC
    1 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Erie Insurance
    1 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Other
    18 lawsuits (35.3%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

April typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 4 filings, accounting for 14.3% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

January 2020 - November 2023

Chester County is split into 124 tracts. On the map you can see debt collection lawsuit statistics, shown as circles, and ACS statistics, shown as shaded backgrounds, for each census tract.

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0.06.012.0+No DataSelect American Community Survey (2022, 5 year estimate) statistic:
Median Household Income
$39,254$250,001No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

January 2020 - November 2023

The table to the right shows data for the 34 Census tracts in Chester County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: November 2023

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jan '20 - Nov '23
Default Judgments
Census Tract 114.01
44

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Census Tract 7
44

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Census Tract 55
33

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Census Tract 27.03
2-

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Census Tract 34.01
22

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Census Tract 26
22

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Census Tract 1.09
2-

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Census Tract 70
22

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Census Tract 4
21

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Census Tract 44.03
2-

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The top 10 tracts by number of lawsuits listed above are based on defendants' home addresses. Click the table headers to change sorting metrics for the entire dataset. Use search to find a specific location.
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Debt Collection Lawsuits by Neighborhood Demographics

Census tracts have been categorized by their racial/ethnic majority, based on data from the American Community Survey.

Neighborhoods by Racial Majority

  • White: 85.3% of neighborhoods, 82.4% of lawsuits

  • No Majority: 14.7% of neighborhoods, 17.6% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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