Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Waynesboro Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42055012200 · Franklin County, PA · pop 3,590
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 42055012200 in Waynesboro, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,590 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,576
Renter share38.9%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$54,943
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
National
53
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Waynesboro and the region
Centroid at 39.7539, -77.5927 · click any tract to drill in
Why Waynesboro scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Waynesboro
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,012 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Waynesboro
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Waynesboro
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Waynesboro
5.1
How Waynesboro compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 6%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 133Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2006)
- 29Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Waynesboro
The severe-burden share is 24%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. 46% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Franklin County average of 34.7%. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1.3/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 133 evictions over 6 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 5.3% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 53rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Franklin County average of 4.0 closely.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42055012200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42055012200?
Census tract 42055012200 in Waynesboro scores 4.6/10 (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 42055012200?
Median gross rent is $1,012/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42055012200?
5.2% of residents in tract 42055012200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,590.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42055012200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 49th, minority 6th, housing 7th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42055012200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 133 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42055012200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.80% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42055012200 compare to Waynesboro overall?
Tract 42055012200 scores 4.6/10, higher than the parent city of Waynesboro at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Waynesboro; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Waynesboro
Top eight tracts in Waynesboro ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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