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Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally

Drexel Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , New Cumberland

Tract 42041010700 · Cumberland County, PA · pop 3,717 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 42041010700 covers part of the Drexel Hills area of New Cumberland, PA, and scores 3.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Average gross rent is $1,395, 42% above the New Cumberland average.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 7% Owners 90%
Tract context
Occupied units1,523
Renter share9.8%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate7.3%
Median income$97,466

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Drexel Hills
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In New Cumberland
Very Low
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#31 of 55 tracts In Cumberland County
Moderate
Within state
39 th percentile
Rank, 39th percentileLowHigh
#2,105 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Cumberland and the region

Centroid at 40.2321, -76.8820 · click any tract to drill in

Why Drexel Hills scores 3.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from New Cumberland
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.3% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,395 rent vs county FMR
5.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Cumberland
7.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Cumberland
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Cumberland
6.2

How Drexel Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Drexel Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.7This tracttract 0107004.0New Cumberlandparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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)

  • 9Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 2.10%Avg annual filing rate
  • 2.8%Peak (2003)
  • 3Filings in 2004 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2004
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42041010700
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Drexel Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Drexel Hills

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.8/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.9/10. 28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Cumberland County average of 35.8%.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.6/10. Court records carry 9 eviction filings across 3 observed years. The worst year on record was 2003, when 2.8% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 2.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 10% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10.

Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $97,466, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42041010700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42041010700?

Census tract 42041010700 in the Drexel Hills neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 42041010700?

Median gross rent is $1,395/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42041010700?

7.3% of residents in tract 42041010700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,717.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42041010700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 24th, minority 19th, housing 12th.
Q5

Is tract 42041010700 considered part of Drexel Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42041010700 fall within Drexel Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42041010700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 42041010700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.10% of renter households, peaking at 2.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42041010700 compare to New Cumberland overall?

Tract 42041010700 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of New Cumberland at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Cumberland; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42041010700 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 New Cumberland

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

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