7 census tracts · pop 35,460 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.7/10
· range 5–8.4
Chambersburg takes in 7 census tracts of Trenton, NJ and houses 35,460 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.7/10, Elevated tier. 58% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, dramatically above the Trenton rate of 34.0%.
Scores across the 7 constituent tracts range from 5 to 8.4. A 3.4-point internal spread means block-level underwriting beats area-level here. 32% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. 31.3% of adults carry no health insurance against 11.3% nationally, a common route into sudden unpayable debt.
Food insecurity affects 39.1% of adults, 21.3 points above the national rate. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 2/10. On the high side is rent-regulation exposure at 7.4/10.
The poverty rate is 19%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Filings are well documented here: 6,457 across 7 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2018, when filings touched 30.9% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,408, 9% above the Trenton average of $1,294.
That places it #12 of 13 neighborhoods in Trenton. Judgments average 1.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.4/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 7.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
7 tracts · population-weighted
Chambersburg vs TrentonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport46%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Chambersburg
Aggregated across 7 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
6,457Total filings (sum)
19.33%Avg annual filing rate
30.9%Peak year (2018)
19.01%Latest filed (2018)
CDC PLACES 2023 · pop-weighted
Eviction-adjacent indicators in Chambersburg
Average across all constituent tracts, population-weighted. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh) crude prevalence.
32.6%Housing insecurity
18.9%Utility shutoff threat
39.5%Food insecurity
28.2%SNAP enrollment
31.8%No health insurance
33.1%Any disability
Frequently asked
About Chambersburg
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Chambersburg?
Chambersburg scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier) across 7 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Chambersburg compare to Trenton overall?
Chambersburg scores 0.7 points higher than Trenton overall (7/10). Renters spend 58% of income on rent vs 34% citywide. Average rent: $1,408 vs $1,294.
Q3
What is the average rent in Chambersburg?
Average gross rent in Chambersburg is $1,408/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Chambersburg residents are renters?
58% of Chambersburg households are renter-occupied (vs 62% in Trenton). The neighborhood has 35,460 residents.
Q5
Is Chambersburg a high social-vulnerability area?
Chambersburg sits in the 82nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Chambersburg have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Chambersburg is census tract 34021000400 (score 8.4/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5 to 8.4, a spread of 3.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Chambersburg for landlords?
Chambersburg carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.7/10). Pop-weighted across 7 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Trenton as a whole (7/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Chambersburg?
Chambersburg has 37,041 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (68.1%), Black (non-Hispanic) (16.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (13%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
