Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Summit Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , Harrisburg
Tract 42043021200 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 2,273 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 42043021200 in the Summit Terrace area of Harrisburg, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,012
Renter share60.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate26.5%
Median income$41,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harrisburg and the region
Centroid at 40.2681, -76.8695 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summit Terrace scores 7.3
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
26.5% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$980 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Summit Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 63%Grade C
- 23%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)
- 610Total filings over 6 yrs
- 29.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 34.2%Peak (2000)
- 106Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% over the past 6 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summit Terrace
Against the Dauphin County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.7 points. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9.5/10. Cost burden runs 51% here against 39.0% across Dauphin County.
The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Court records carry 610 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2000, when 34.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 29.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.6/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42043021200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043021200?
Census tract 42043021200 in the Summit Terrace neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 42043021200?
Median gross rent is $980/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043021200?
26.5% of residents in tract 42043021200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,273.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043021200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 84th, minority 93th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42043021200 considered part of Summit Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043021200 fall within Summit Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043021200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 610 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043021200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.76% of renter households, peaking at 34.2% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42043021200 compare to Harrisburg overall?
Tract 42043021200 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Harrisburg at 5.9/10. 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 42043021200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 23% 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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