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Neighborhood · Middletown, PA

Campus Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

1 census tracts · pop 4,382 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5/10 · range 5–5

Campus Heights maps to a single census tract in Middletown, PA, population 4,382. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5/10, in the Moderate tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.

This is a renter market: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 21%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.

Against a Middletown baseline of 28.6%, 36% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Running cool is economic stress, at 2.4/10. Court records for this tract carry 453 eviction filings.

Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 9.4% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,144, 7% below the Middletown average of $1,234.

Judgments average 2.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Freys Grove and Nittany Villiage score within a fraction of it. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $54,311.

One tract means one number: 5/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
5
Moderate
1 tracts · population-weighted
Campus Heights vs Middletown How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
36.1% +26%
Middletown: 28.6%
Average gross rent
$1,144 -7%
Middletown: $1,234
Average HH income
$54,311 -1%
Middletown: $54,778
Poverty rate
9.7% -33%
Middletown: 14.6%
Renter share
69.2% +20%
Middletown: 57.5%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Campus Heights and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 1 tracts span score 5–5

Why Campus Heights scores 5

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts
3.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 5.4–5.4 across tracts
5.4
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 5.5–5.5 across tracts
5.5
Rent control risk
36% of income on rent · Range 4.7–4.7 across tracts
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.2–3.2 across tracts
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
69% renter households · Range 9.4–9.4 across tracts
9.4
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 5.7–5.7 across tracts
5.7
Economic stress
9.7% below poverty line · Range 2.4–2.4 across tracts
2.4
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 3.3–3.3 across tracts
3.3
Risk score comparison

Campus Heights vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Campus Heights score vs. parent city, state, U.S.5.0Campus HeightsNeighborhood4.6Parent cityhost city4.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Census tracts

1 tracts in Campus Heights

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract Score Pop % over 30% on rent Average rent
42043023800 5 4,382 36% $1,144
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 62

Pop-weighted across 1 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 63%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 77%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 43%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 43%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Campus Heights

Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 453Total filings (sum)
  • 6.26%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.4%Peak year (2006)
  • 9.39%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked

About Campus Heights

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Campus Heights?

Campus Heights scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 Campus Heights compare to Middletown overall?

Campus Heights scores 0.4 points higher than Middletown overall (4.6/10). Renters spend 36% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,144 vs $1,234.
Q3

What is the average rent in Campus Heights?

Average gross rent in Campus Heights is $1,144/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Campus Heights residents are renters?

69% of Campus Heights households are renter-occupied (vs 57% in Middletown). The neighborhood has 4,382 residents.
Q5

Is Campus Heights a high social-vulnerability area?

Campus Heights sits in the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6

How safe is Campus Heights for landlords?

Campus Heights carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5/10). 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 Middletown as a whole (4.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7

What is the demographic breakdown of Campus Heights?

Campus Heights has 4,258 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (80.1%), Other / Multiracial (7.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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