Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Kistler Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42087960400 · Mifflin County, PA · pop 2,868 · 11% of tract blocks fall in Kistler
Census tract 42087960400 sits in Kistler, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. On the national scale it ranks #58,086 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
32% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,103 monthly, set against $67,228 in average yearly household income, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,175
Renter share23.5%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$67,228
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kistler and the region
Centroid at 40.4354, -77.8220 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kistler scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kistler
3.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,103 rent vs county FMR
7.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kistler
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kistler
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kistler
8.2
How Kistler compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 38%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 4%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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)
- 13Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.46%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2001)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kistler
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Kistler, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Mifflin County average of 4.2 and below 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 36th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 13 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 1.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.8% of renter households in 2001.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42087960400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42087960400?
Census tract 42087960400 in Kistler scores 4/10 (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 42087960400?
Median gross rent is $1,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42087960400?
10.4% of residents in tract 42087960400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,868.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42087960400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 38th, household 23th, minority 4th, housing 66th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42087960400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 13 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42087960400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.46% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42087960400 compare to Kistler overall?
Tract 42087960400 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Kistler at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kistler; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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