Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Mountaindale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42043021901 ·
Dauphin County, PA · pop 5,115 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 42043021901 sits in the Mountaindale area of Dauphin County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 5,115 residents. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%Stable renters 12%Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,557
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate4.2%
Median income$105,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Mountaindale
Moderate
Within county
6th percentile
#63 of 67 tracts In Dauphin County
Very Low
Within state
19th percentile
#2,785 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very Low
National
20th percentile
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dauphin County and the region
Centroid at 40.3362, -76.8814 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mountaindale scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,707 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Mountaindale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
26%Socioeconomic
40%Household composition
45%Racial/ethnic minority
42%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)
38Total filings over 5 yrs
3.19%Avg annual filing rate
9.0%Peak (2003)
8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2006
Filings climbed 167% over the past 6 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mountaindale
Cost burden runs 60% here against 39.0% across Dauphin County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10. Against the Dauphin County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.6 points. The voucher gap is 24.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Running hot, supply constraint reads 7.5/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 38 filings here across 5 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 9.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.9/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42043021901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043021901?
Census tract 42043021901 in the Mountaindale neighborhood scores 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 average rent in tract 42043021901?
Median gross rent is $1,707/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043021901?
4.2% of residents in tract 42043021901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,115.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043021901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 40th, minority 45th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 42043021901 considered part of Mountaindale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043021901 fall within Mountaindale (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043021901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 42043021901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.19% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.