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Neighborhood · State College, PA

Highlands Historic District Eviction Risk: High

2 census tracts · pop 11,695 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10 · range 8–8

Highlands Historic District takes in 2 census tracts of State College, PA and houses 11,695 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 8/10, in the High tier. The severe-burden share is 81%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Against a State College baseline of 43.2%, 83% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. At $490 a month, rents sit 62% under what the rest of State College commands.

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 82%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest.

This is a renter market: 94% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.

Annualized rent equals 39% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. Running hot is housing-court posture at 9.4/10.

Among the 5 mapped neighborhoods of State College, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Holmes-Foster Historic District and Orchard Park score within a fraction of it.

The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0 points apart at the extremes.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score
8
High
2 tracts · population-weighted
Highlands Historic District vs State College How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
83.3% +93%
State College: 43.2%
Average gross rent
$490 -62%
State College: $1,273
Average HH income
$14,911 -68%
State College: $47,132
Poverty rate
81.8% +109%
State College: 39.1%
Renter share
94.3% +28%
State College: 73.9%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Highlands Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 2 tracts span score 8–8

Why Highlands Historic District scores 8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts
3.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.2–5.2 across tracts
5.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Rent control risk
83% of income on rent · Range 9.3–9.3 across tracts
9.3
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 2.9–2.9 across tracts
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
94% renter households · Range 9.8–9.8 across tracts
9.8
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 9.4–9.4 across tracts
9.4
Economic stress
81.8% below poverty line · Range 10.0–10.0 across tracts
10.0
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.2–5.0 across tracts
4.2
Risk score comparison

Highlands Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Highlands Historic District score vs. parent city, state, U.S.8.0Highlands HistoricNeighborhood6.6Parent cityhost city4.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

2 tracts in Highlands Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
42027012100 8 6,792 100% ,
42027012000 8 4,903 60% $1,168
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 51

Pop-weighted across 2 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 79%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 0%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 38%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 91%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Frequently asked

About Highlands Historic District

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Highlands Historic District?

Highlands Historic District scores 8/10 (High tier) across 2 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 Highlands Historic District compare to State College overall?

Highlands Historic District scores 1.4 points higher than State College overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 83% of income on rent vs 43% citywide. Average rent: $490 vs $1,273.
Q3

What is the average rent in Highlands Historic District?

Average gross rent in Highlands Historic District is $490/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 83% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Highlands Historic District residents are renters?

94% of Highlands Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 74% in State College). The neighborhood has 11,695 residents.
Q5

Is Highlands Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Highlands Historic District sits in the 51st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Highlands Historic District have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Highlands Historic District is census tract 42027012100 (score 8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 8 to 8, a spread of 0 points.
Q7

How safe is Highlands Historic District for landlords?

Highlands Historic District carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to State College as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Highlands Historic District?

Highlands Historic District has 12,409 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (74.1%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (10.4%), Hispanic / Latino (6.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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