Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

College Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , State College

Tract 42027012200 · Centre County, PA · pop 5,495 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 42027012200 sits in the College Heights area of State College eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. Population here is 5,495. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 100% Owners 0%

Tract context

Occupied units58

Renter share100.0%

SVI overall0.08

Poverty rate0.0%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across State College and the region

Centroid at 40.7970, -77.8679 · click any tract to drill in

Why College Heights scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from State College

5.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

Pennsylvania legislature & governorship

3.4

Economic stress

0.0% poverty · this tract

1.0

Supply constraint

tract rent vs county FMR

5.0

Rent control risk

Inherited from State College

9.3

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

2.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from State College

9.8

Housing court bias

Inherited from State College

9.4

How College Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

6%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
80%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within College Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in College Heights

This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 9.4/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10.

Against the Centre County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 1.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42027012200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42027012200?

Census tract 42027012200 in the College Heights neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the poverty rate in tract 42027012200?

0.0% of residents in tract 42027012200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,495.

How socially vulnerable is tract 42027012200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 0th, minority 42th, housing 80th.

Is tract 42027012200 considered part of College Heights?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42027012200 fall within College Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 42027012200 compare to State College overall?

Tract 42027012200 scores 5.2/10, lower than the parent city of State College at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from State College eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in State College

Top eight tracts in State College ranked by composite eviction-risk score.