1 census tracts · pop 3,245 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10
· range 7.3–7.3
Riverside maps to a single census tract in Harrisburg, PA and houses 3,245 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.3/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 47% against 29.6% citywide, putting Riverside 16.9% over its own city.
The strongest single driver of the headline number is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 53%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The filing record is not thin: 988 evictions logged in this tract.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.1/10. Filing activity peaked in 2003 at 37.5% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 28.7% in 2006 against a 37.5% peak. Among the 11 mapped neighborhoods of Harrisburg, it ranks #1 by risk, the upper third.
For a like-for-like read, Hoverter Homes and Camp Curtin score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
65% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Because the boundary contains one tract, 7.3/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Riverside vs HarrisburgHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority96%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport85%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Riverside
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
988Total filings (sum)
28.75%Avg annual filing rate
37.5%Peak year (2003)
28.74%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Riverside
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Riverside?
Riverside scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 Riverside compare to Harrisburg overall?
Riverside scores 1.4 points higher than Harrisburg overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 47% of income on rent vs 30% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Riverside residents are renters?
65% of Riverside households are renter-occupied (vs 63% in Harrisburg). The neighborhood has 3,245 residents.
Q4
Is Riverside a high social-vulnerability area?
Riverside sits in the 98th 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.
Q5
How safe is Riverside for landlords?
Riverside carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). 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 Harrisburg as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Riverside?
Riverside has 3,496 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (55.1%), Hispanic / Latino (38%), White (non-Hispanic) (4.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
