Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Hershey Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42043024300 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 3,263
Census tract 42043024300 belongs to Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is home to 3,263 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,215 monthly, set against $90,109 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,470
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$90,109
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hershey and the region
Centroid at 40.2797, -76.6528 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hershey scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hershey
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,215 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hershey
5.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hershey
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hershey
5.0
How Hershey compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%Housing & transportation
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)
- 55Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2005)
- 13Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 225% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hershey
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.7/10. 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 Hershey 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 above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 55 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.4% of renter households in 2005.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 33rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42043024300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043024300?
Census tract 42043024300 in Hershey scores 3.4/10 (Lower 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 42043024300?
Median gross rent is $1,215/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043024300?
10.3% of residents in tract 42043024300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,263.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043024300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 25th, minority 25th, housing 50th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043024300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043024300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.55% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42043024300 compare to Hershey overall?
Tract 42043024300 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Hershey at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hershey eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hershey
Top eight tracts in Hershey ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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