Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Chambersburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42055011000 · Franklin County, PA · pop 5,069
Tract 42055011000, home to 5,069 residents in Chambersburg, scores 5.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 48% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
35% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,041 a month while the average household earns $49,595 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 72% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units2,561
Renter share71.8%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$49,595
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Chambersburg and the region
Centroid at 39.9237, -77.6720 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chambersburg scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Chambersburg
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,041 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Chambersburg
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Chambersburg
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Chambersburg
5.4
How Chambersburg 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.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 367Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2000)
- 71Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 36% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chambersburg
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.5/10. 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 Chambersburg 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 Franklin County average of 5.0 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 84th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 367 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.3% 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 42055011000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42055011000?
Census tract 42055011000 in Chambersburg scores 4.3/10 (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 42055011000?
Median gross rent is $1,041/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42055011000?
10.9% of residents in tract 42055011000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,069.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42055011000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 90th, minority 63th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42055011000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 367 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42055011000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.94% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42055011000 compare to Chambersburg overall?
Tract 42055011000 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Chambersburg at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Chambersburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Chambersburg
Top eight tracts in Chambersburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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