Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,213 of 84,120 nationally
SoMa Eviction Risk: Moderate , Harrisburg
Tract 42043020100 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 3,530 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 42043020100 runs through SoMa in Harrisburg. With 3,530 residents, it scores 5.7/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 63% of US census tracts.
About 27% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $987 a month against an average household income of $66,469 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 89% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 65%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units2,607
Renter share89.0%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$66,469
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harrisburg and the region
Centroid at 40.2576, -76.8817 · click any tract to drill in
Why SoMa scores 5.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harrisburg
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$987 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harrisburg
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harrisburg
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harrisburg
7.1
How SoMa compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 66%Racial/ethnic minority
- 95%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 4%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 13%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 714Total filings over 6 yrs
- 6.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.8%Peak (2000)
- 79Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 51% over the past 6 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in SoMa
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Harrisburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dauphin County average of 5.9 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 13% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 714 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 6.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.8% of renter households in 2000.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42043020100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043020100?
Census tract 42043020100 in the SoMa 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.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 42043020100?
Median gross rent is $987/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043020100?
12.2% of residents in tract 42043020100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,530.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043020100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 3th, minority 66th, housing 95th.
Q5
Is tract 42043020100 considered part of SoMa?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043020100 fall within SoMa (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043020100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 714 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043020100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.43% of renter households, peaking at 8.8% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42043020100 compare to Harrisburg overall?
Tract 42043020100 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Harrisburg at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harrisburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42043020100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 13% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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6.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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