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Engleton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Harrisburg

Tract 42043020500 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 2,663 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

Tract 42043020500 covers the Engleton neighborhood of Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. Home to 2,663 residents, it scores 6.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 77% of US census tracts.

About 32% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,112 a month against an average household income of $77,609 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 33% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,620
Renter share49.1%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$77,609

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Engleton
Moderate
Within parent city
23 th percentile
Rank, 23rd percentileLowHigh
#11 of 14 tracts In Harrisburg
Low
Within county
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#18 of 67 tracts In Dauphin County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#706 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Harrisburg and the region

Centroid at 40.2678, -76.9024 · click any tract to drill in

Why Engleton scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Harrisburg
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,112 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harrisburg
5.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harrisburg
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harrisburg
7.1

How Engleton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Engleton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 020500Harrisburg: 4.34.3Harrisburgparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

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)

  • 1,068Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 17.95%Avg annual filing rate
  • 19.8%Peak (2001)
  • 164Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420430205002000: 168 filings (17.21/100 renter HHs)2001: 193 filings (19.77/100 renter HHs)2002: 184 filings (18.85/100 renter HHs)2003: 169 filings (17.32/100 renter HHs)2005: 190 filings (18.54/100 renter HHs)2006: 164 filings (16.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 6 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Engleton

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Harrisburg eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Dauphin County average of 5.9 and above 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 25th 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 1,068 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 17.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 19.8% of renter households in 2001.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42043020500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043020500?

Census tract 42043020500 in the Engleton neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 42043020500?

Median gross rent is $1,112/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42043020500?

18.1% of residents in tract 42043020500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,663.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42043020500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 2th, minority 42th, housing 61th.
Q5

Is tract 42043020500 considered part of Engleton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043020500 fall within Engleton (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043020500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,068 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043020500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.95% of renter households, peaking at 19.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42043020500 compare to Harrisburg overall?

Tract 42043020500 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Harrisburg at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harrisburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42043020500 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.
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