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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally

Summit Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , Harrisburg

Tract 42043021200 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 2,273 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 42043021200 covers Summit Terrace in Harrisburg in Pennsylvania. Home to 2,273 residents, it scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $980 a month while the average household earns $41,857 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 30% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,012
Renter share60.7%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate26.5%
Median income$41,857

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Summit Terrace
Moderate
Within parent city
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 14 tracts In Harrisburg
Moderate
Within county
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#8 of 67 tracts In Dauphin County
High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#273 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Harrisburg and the region

Centroid at 40.2681, -76.8695 · click any tract to drill in

Why Summit Terrace scores 6.5

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
26.5% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$980 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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 Summit Terrace compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Summit Terrace risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.56.5This tracttract 021200Harrisburg: 4.34.3Harrisburgparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 84

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 610Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 29.76%Avg annual filing rate
  • 34.2%Peak (2000)
  • 106Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420430212002000: 126 filings (34.24/100 renter HHs)2001: 107 filings (29.08/100 renter HHs)2002: 99 filings (26.90/100 renter HHs)2003: 100 filings (27.17/100 renter HHs)2005: 72 filings (24.74/100 renter HHs)2006: 106 filings (36.43/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 16% over the past 6 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Summit Terrace

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 above 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 610 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 29.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 34.2% of renter households in 2000.

Part of this tract, about 23% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

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 42043021200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043021200?

Census tract 42043021200 in the Summit Terrace neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 42043021200?

Median gross rent is $980/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42043021200?

26.5% of residents in tract 42043021200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,273.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42043021200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 84th, minority 93th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 42043021200 considered part of Summit Terrace?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043021200 fall within Summit Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043021200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 610 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043021200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 29.76% of renter households, peaking at 34.2% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42043021200 compare to Harrisburg overall?

Tract 42043021200 scores 6.5/10, 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 42043021200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 23% 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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