1 census tracts · pop 5,207 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 3.3/10
· range 3.3–3.3
Georgetown maps to a single census tract in Mechanicsburg, PA and houses 5,207 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 3.3/10, in the Lower tier. The clearest offset is economic stress, at 1/10.
18% 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. Average gross rent is $1,302, 20% above the Mechanicsburg average of $1,083.
On the softer side is rent-regulation exposure, at 2.6/10. Cost burden runs 28% against 22.9% citywide, putting Georgetown 5.1% over its own city. Court records for this tract carry 32 eviction filings.
Running cool is housing-court posture, at 2.9/10. The worst year on record was 2004, when filings touched 4.3% of renter households.
Judgments average 2.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Only 21% 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. Against average income of $89,643, annual rent is only 17%, a wide affordability cushion.
Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
One tract means one number: 3.3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
1 tracts · population-weighted
Georgetown vs MechanicsburgHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority26%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport9%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Georgetown
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
32Total filings (sum)
2.57%Avg annual filing rate
4.3%Peak year (2004)
4.34%Latest filed (2004)
Frequently asked
About Georgetown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Georgetown?
Georgetown scores 3.3/10 (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 Georgetown compare to Mechanicsburg overall?
Georgetown scores 0.4 points lower than Mechanicsburg overall (3.7/10). Renters spend 28% of income on rent vs 23% citywide. Average rent: $1,302 vs $1,083.
Q3
What is the average rent in Georgetown?
Average gross rent in Georgetown is $1,302/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Georgetown residents are renters?
21% of Georgetown households are renter-occupied (vs 30% in Mechanicsburg). The neighborhood has 5,207 residents.
Q5
Is Georgetown a high social-vulnerability area?
Georgetown sits in the 11th 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 Georgetown for landlords?
Georgetown carries a lower-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (3.3/10). 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 Mechanicsburg as a whole (3.7/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Georgetown?
Georgetown has 5,233 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (84.5%), Hispanic / Latino (6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (4.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
