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Neighborhood · Ranked #32,735 of 84,120 nationally

Sunnyside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lancaster

Tract 42071013400 · Lancaster County, PA · pop 2,702 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Census tract 42071013400 sits in Sunnyside in Lancaster eviction risk, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #24,747 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,172 a month against an average household income of $81,576 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 20% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 8% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units884
Renter share19.9%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$81,576

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Sunnyside
Very Low
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#17 of 21 tracts In Lancaster
Low
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#27 of 116 tracts In Lancaster County
High
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#1,207 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lancaster and the region

Centroid at 40.0352, -76.2793 · click any tract to drill in

Why Sunnyside scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,172 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Sunnyside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Sunnyside risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 013400Lancaster: 4.14.1Lancasterparent cityCounty: 3.43.4Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 65

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 100Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.66%Avg annual filing rate
  • 13.9%Peak (2006)
  • 26Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420710134002000: 1 filings (0.40/100 renter HHs)2001: 20 filings (8.06/100 renter HHs)2002: 10 filings (4.03/100 renter HHs)2003: 10 filings (4.03/100 renter HHs)2004: 11 filings (4.43/100 renter HHs)2005: 22 filings (11.76/100 renter HHs)2006: 26 filings (13.90/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 2,500% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Sunnyside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Sunnyside

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Lancaster eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Lancaster County average of 5.3 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 65th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 100 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 13.9% of renter households in 2006.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42071013400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42071013400?

Census tract 42071013400 in the Sunnyside neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 42071013400?

Median gross rent is $1,172/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42071013400?

8.4% of residents in tract 42071013400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,702.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42071013400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 65th, minority 53th, housing 81th.
Q5

Is tract 42071013400 considered part of Sunnyside?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42071013400 fall within Sunnyside (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42071013400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 100 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42071013400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.66% of renter households, peaking at 13.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42071013400 compare to Lancaster overall?

Tract 42071013400 scores 4.5/10, higher than the parent city of Lancaster at 4.1/10. 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 42071013400 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lancaster

Top eight tracts in Lancaster ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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