Neighborhood · Ephrata, PA

Ephrata Commercial Historic District Eviction Risk: Moderate

3 census tracts · pop 16,132 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 4.6/10 · range 4.4–4.7

Ephrata Commercial Historic District spans 3 census tracts of Ephrata, PA and houses 16,132 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 4.6/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 37% against 24.8% citywide, putting Ephrata Commercial Historic District 12.5% over its own city.

Severe burden reaches 17%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 7.2/10. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.8/10.

Court records carry 470 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 11.8% of renter households.

Judgments average 2.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Its 3 tracts score within 0.3 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

Average gross rent runs $1,128, close to the Ephrata average. 37% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

4.6

Moderate

3 tracts · population-weighted

Ephrata Commercial Historic District vs Ephrata How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

37.3% +50%

Ephrata: 24.8%

Average gross rent

$1,128 -1%

Ephrata: $1,143

Average HH income

$72,952 +7%

Ephrata: $68,117

Poverty rate

11.3% +22%

Ephrata: 9.3%

Renter share

37.2% -16%

Ephrata: 44.4%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Ephrata Commercial Historic District and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 4.4–4.7

Why Ephrata Commercial Historic District scores 4.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts

3.4

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.2–4.2 across tracts

4.2

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 3.4–4.8 across tracts

4.3

Rent control risk

37% of income on rent · Range 3.4–4.0 across tracts

3.8

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.2–5.0 across tracts

3.8

Tenant organizing strength

37% renter households · Range 4.0–8.8 across tracts

7.2

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 4.4–5.0 across tracts

4.6

Economic stress

11.3% below poverty line · Range 2.5–3.5 across tracts

2.8

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.7–3.7 across tracts

3.1

Risk score comparison

Ephrata Commercial Historic District vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Ephrata Commercial Historic District?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 0.3 points from 4.4 to 4.7. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.

Tracts as heat grid

4.7 4.6 4.4

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

3 tracts in Ephrata Commercial Historic District

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
42071012200	4.7	7,235	31%	$1,088
42071012301	4.6	3,520	48%	$1,078
42071012404	4.4	5,377	38%	$1,214

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 58

Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 50%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 76%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 20%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 61%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Ephrata Commercial Historic District

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

470Total filings (sum)
3.57%Avg annual filing rate
11.8%Peak year (2006)
3.98%Latest filed (2006)

Frequently asked

About Ephrata Commercial Historic District

What is the eviction-risk score for Ephrata Commercial Historic District?

Ephrata Commercial Historic District scores 4.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 3 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Ephrata Commercial Historic District compare to Ephrata overall?

Ephrata Commercial Historic District scores 0.5 points higher than Ephrata overall (4.1/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 25% citywide. Average rent: $1,128 vs $1,143.

What is the average rent in Ephrata Commercial Historic District?

Average gross rent in Ephrata eviction risk Commercial Historic District is $1,128/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Ephrata Commercial Historic District residents are renters?

37% of Ephrata Commercial Historic District households are renter-occupied (vs 44% in Ephrata). The neighborhood has 16,132 residents.

Is Ephrata Commercial Historic District a high social-vulnerability area?

Ephrata Commercial Historic District sits in the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Ephrata Commercial Historic District have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Ephrata Commercial Historic District is census tract 42071012200 (score 4.7/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.4 to 4.7, a spread of 0.3 points.

How safe is Ephrata Commercial Historic District for landlords?

Ephrata eviction risk Commercial Historic District carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (4.6/10). Pop-weighted across 3 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Ephrata as a whole (4.1/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Ephrata Commercial Historic District?

Ephrata Commercial Historic District has 16,149 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (84.4%), Hispanic / Latino (9.5%), Other / Multiracial (3.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Ephrata Commercial Historic District

4 Lincoln Heights 2 tracts · pop 8,049 5.7 East Side 2 tracts · pop 6,325 6.1 Ross 2 tracts · pop 8,308 5.2 Sunnyside 2 tracts · pop 7,022 5.2 College Park 2 tracts · pop 8,074 5.3 Prospect Heights 3 tracts · pop 15,588

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Ephrata

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Ephrata Commercial Historic District.

3.9 Lincoln Heights 2 tracts · pop 8,049

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