Tract 42043023500 ·
Dauphin County, PA · pop 2,709 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
42043023500 is a census tract in the Greenwood Hills area of Highspire, PA. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,709 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%Stable renters 30%Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,361
Renter share59.0%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate14.0%
Median income$50,689
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100th percentile
#1 of 2 tracts In Greenwood Hills
Very High
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Highspire
Moderate
Within county
70th percentile
#21 of 67 tracts In Dauphin County
Elevated
Within state
72th percentile
#957 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Highspire and the region
Centroid at 40.2086, -76.7855 · click any tract to drill in
Why Greenwood Hills scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Highspire
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
14.0% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$993 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Highspire
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Highspire
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Highspire
6.4
How Greenwood Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
60%Socioeconomic
62%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
44%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)
773Total filings over 6 yrs
21.65%Avg annual filing rate
33.0%Peak (2002)
125Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2006
Filings climbed 47% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Greenwood Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 9.5/10. Cost burden runs about half here against 39.0% across Dauphin County.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 773 filings here across 6 tracked years.
It sits 0.8 points above the Dauphin County average of 4.6. Filings peaked in 2002 at 33.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 21.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 70% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Average gross rent is $993, close to the Highspire average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42043023500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043023500?
Census tract 42043023500 in the Greenwood Hills 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 42043023500?
Median gross rent is $993/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043023500?
14.0% of residents in tract 42043023500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,709.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043023500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 62th, minority 37th, housing 44th.
Q5
Is tract 42043023500 considered part of Greenwood Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043023500 fall within Greenwood Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043023500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 773 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043023500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 21.65% of renter households, peaking at 33.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42043023500 compare to Highspire overall?
Tract 42043023500 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Highspire at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Highspire; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.