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Oakwood Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Messiah College

Tract 42041981606 · Cumberland County, PA · pop 2,246 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

How risky is Oakwood Hills in Messiah College for landlords? Census tract 42041981606 scores $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 12% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0% Stable renters 50% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units4
Renter share50.0%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate0.0%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Oakwood Hills
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Messiah College
Moderate
Within county
2 th percentile
Rank, 2nd percentileLowHigh
#54 of 55 tracts In Cumberland County
Very Low
Within state
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#3,339 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Messiah College and the region

Centroid at 40.1574, -76.9821 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oakwood Hills scores 1.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Messiah College
5.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.5
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Messiah College
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Messiah College
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Messiah College
3.0

How Oakwood Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oakwood Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 1.31.3This tracttract 981606Messiah College: 3.93.9Messiah Collegeparent cityCounty: 3.23.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 0

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

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oakwood Hills

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Messiah College, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Cumberland County average of 5.1 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 0th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42041981606

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42041981606?

Census tract 42041981606 in the Oakwood Hills neighborhood scores 1.3/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42041981606?

0.0% of residents in tract 42041981606 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,246.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 42041981606?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 0th, minority 33th, housing 8th.
Q4

Is tract 42041981606 considered part of Oakwood Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42041981606 fall within Oakwood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How does tract 42041981606 compare to Messiah College overall?

Tract 42041981606 scores 1.3/10, lower than the parent city of Messiah College at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Messiah College; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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