1 census tracts · pop 5,119 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.5/10
· range 3.5–3.5
Hays maps to a single census tract in Baldwin, PA and houses 5,119 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.5/10, in the Lower tier. Cost burden runs 46% against 26.7% citywide, putting Hays 18.9% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 34%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 2.2/10. Court records for this tract carry 94 eviction filings.
Average gross rent is $925, 13% below the Baldwin average of $1,066. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 5.4% of renter households. Judgments average 3.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Only 15% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin here; price renewals off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Rent takes 11% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
One tract means one number: 3.5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Hays vs BaldwinHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority14%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport34%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Hays
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
94Total filings (sum)
5.00%Avg annual filing rate
5.4%Peak year (2006)
5.41%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Hays
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Hays?
Hays scores 3.5/10 (Lower tier) across 1 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 Hays compare to Baldwin overall?
Hays scores 0.2 points lower than Baldwin overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 46% of income on rent vs 27% citywide. Average rent: $925 vs $1,066.
Q3
What is the average rent in Hays?
Average gross rent in Hays is $925/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Hays residents are renters?
15% of Hays households are renter-occupied (vs 22% in Baldwin). The neighborhood has 5,119 residents.
Q5
Is Hays a high social-vulnerability area?
Hays sits in the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Hays for landlords?
Hays carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.5/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Baldwin as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Hays?
Hays has 4,828 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (90%), Other / Multiracial (5.3%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
