Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Greencastle Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42055011800 · Franklin County, PA · pop 4,235
Greencastle in Franklin County is where census tract 42055011800 sits, home to 4,235 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 4.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 15% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 20% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $886 a month against an average household income of $74,725 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,665
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$74,725
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Greencastle and the region
Centroid at 39.7907, -77.7267 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greencastle scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Greencastle
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$886 rent vs county FMR
2.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Greencastle
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Greencastle
7.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Greencastle
2.8
How Greencastle compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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)
- 68Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2002)
- 11Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 15% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Greencastle
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 7.4/10. 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 Greencastle, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Franklin County average of 5.0 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 68 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 1.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.1% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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 42055011800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42055011800?
Census tract 42055011800 in Greencastle scores 2.4/10 (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 42055011800?
Median gross rent is $886/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42055011800?
4.5% of residents in tract 42055011800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,235.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42055011800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 45th, minority 17th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42055011800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42055011800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.65% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42055011800 compare to Greencastle overall?
Tract 42055011800 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Greencastle at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Greencastle; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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