Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,083 of 84,120 nationally
Wedgewood Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Progress
Tract 42043022000 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 5,976 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42043022000 covers Wedgewood Hills in Progress in Pennsylvania. Home to 5,976 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #17,222 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,214 a month while the average household earns $76,504 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 39% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,353
Renter share39.3%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$76,504
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
49
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Progress and the region
Centroid at 40.2886, -76.8495 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wedgewood Hills scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Progress
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,214 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Progress
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Progress
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Progress
4.5
How Wedgewood Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 53%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 8%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 11%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 917Total filings over 6 yrs
- 22.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.9%Peak (2006)
- 172Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 6 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wedgewood Hills
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.3/10. 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 Progress, 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 11% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 42043022000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043022000?
Census tract 42043022000 in the Wedgewood Hills neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (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 42043022000?
Median gross rent is $1,214/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043022000?
12.3% of residents in tract 42043022000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,976.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043022000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 53th, minority 77th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 42043022000 considered part of Wedgewood Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043022000 fall within Wedgewood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043022000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 917 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043022000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 22.38% of renter households, peaking at 28.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42043022000 compare to Progress overall?
Tract 42043022000 scores 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Progress at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Progress; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42043022000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 11% 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 Progress
Top eight tracts in Progress ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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