Tract 42043023800 ·
Dauphin County, PA · pop 4,382 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 42043023800 covers part of the Campus Heights area of Middletown, PA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,382. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%Stable renters 44%Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units2,125
Renter share69.2%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate9.7%
Median income$54,311
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Campus Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
0th percentile
#3 of 3 tracts In Middletown
Very Low
Within county
65th percentile
#24 of 67 tracts In Dauphin County
Elevated
Within state
64th percentile
#1,245 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Middletown and the region
Centroid at 40.1972, -76.7238 · click any tract to drill in
Why Campus Heights scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Middletown
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
9.7% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,144 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Middletown
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Middletown
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Middletown
5.7
How Campus Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
63%Socioeconomic
77%Household composition
43%Racial/ethnic minority
43%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)
453Total filings over 6 yrs
6.26%Avg annual filing rate
9.4%Peak (2006)
120Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2006
Filings climbed 85% over the past 6 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Campus Heights
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.4/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. This is renter territory: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 453 evictions over 6 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 9.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 36% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
It tracks the Dauphin County average of 4.6 closely. Average gross rent is $1,144, close to the Middletown average. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $54,311.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42043023800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043023800?
Census tract 42043023800 in the Campus Heights neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 42043023800?
Median gross rent is $1,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043023800?
9.7% of residents in tract 42043023800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,382.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043023800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 77th, minority 43th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42043023800 considered part of Campus Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043023800 fall within Campus Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043023800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 453 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043023800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.26% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42043023800 compare to Middletown overall?
Tract 42043023800 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Middletown at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Middletown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Middletown
Top eight tracts in Middletown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.