2 census tracts · pop 9,140 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 5.9–6.1
Pleasant Hill is a 2-tract neighborhood of Lebanon, PA, population 9,140. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6/10, Elevated tier. What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.8/10.
17% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. 31% of renters spend 30% or more of household income on rent. Filings are well documented here: 632 across 2 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2005, when filings touched 7.7% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,088, 10% above the Lebanon average of $992. The most recent observed rate, 4.5% in 2006, is well off that peak.
Among the 4 mapped neighborhoods of Lebanon, it ranks #3 by risk, the lower third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Sand Hill and Lebanon South.
Social vulnerability runs high at 7.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Its 2 tracts score within 0.2 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $54,632.
42% 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
6
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Pleasant Hill vs LebanonHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority60%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport59%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Pleasant Hill
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
632Total filings (sum)
5.38%Avg annual filing rate
7.7%Peak year (2005)
4.60%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Pleasant Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pleasant Hill?
Pleasant Hill scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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.
Q2
How does Pleasant Hill compare to Lebanon overall?
Pleasant Hill scores 0.7 points higher than Lebanon overall (5.3/10). Renters spend 31% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,088 vs $992.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pleasant Hill?
Average gross rent in Pleasant Hill is $1,088/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pleasant Hill residents are renters?
42% of Pleasant Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 53% in Lebanon). The neighborhood has 9,140 residents.
Q5
Is Pleasant Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Pleasant Hill sits in the 73rd 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Pleasant Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pleasant Hill is census tract 42075000200 (score 6.1/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.9 to 6.1, a spread of 0.2 points.
Q7
How safe is Pleasant Hill for landlords?
Pleasant Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Lebanon as a whole (5.3/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pleasant Hill?
Pleasant Hill has 8,920 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (55.7%), Hispanic / Latino (34.2%), Other / Multiracial (6.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
