Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Stevens Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lancaster
Tract 42071000800 · Lancaster County, PA · pop 3,989 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 42071000800 sits in the Stevens area of Lancaster eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.7/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,188
Renter share53.9%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate38.9%
Median income$44,333
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lancaster and the region
Centroid at 40.0331, -76.2892 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stevens scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lancaster
4.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
38.9% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$1,010 rent vs county FMR
2.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lancaster
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lancaster
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lancaster
6.9
How Stevens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 7%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 523Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.7%Peak (2004)
- 77Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stevens
It sits 2.4 points above the Lancaster County average of 4.2. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.3/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.3/10. At $1,010 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Lancaster commands.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 523 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 12.7% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Lancaster. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 10.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42071000800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42071000800?
Census tract 42071000800 in the Stevens neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 42071000800?
Median gross rent is $1,010/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42071000800?
38.9% of residents in tract 42071000800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,989.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42071000800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 98th, minority 83th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 42071000800 considered part of Stevens?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42071000800 fall within Stevens (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42071000800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 523 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42071000800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.98% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42071000800 compare to Lancaster overall?
Tract 42071000800 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Lancaster at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lancaster eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42071000800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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