Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Royalton Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42043024001 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 5,888 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Royalton
Tract 42043024001, home to 5,888 residents in Royalton in Dauphin County, scores 5.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #24,725 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,042 monthly, set against $83,160 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 12% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 7%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units2,267
Renter share11.6%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate5.7%
Median income$83,160
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Royalton and the region
Centroid at 40.1839, -76.6971 · click any tract to drill in
Why Royalton scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Royalton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.7% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,042 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Royalton
6.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Royalton
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Royalton
6.3
How Royalton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 50%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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)
- 321Total filings over 6 yrs
- 12.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.8%Peak (2006)
- 128Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 256% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Royalton
The heaviest input here is housing court bias at 6.3/10. 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 Royalton, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 321 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 12.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 28.8% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 25th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42043024001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043024001?
Census tract 42043024001 in Royalton scores 3.5/10 (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 42043024001?
Median gross rent is $1,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043024001?
5.7% of residents in tract 42043024001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,888.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043024001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 50th, minority 33th, housing 31th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043024001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 321 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043024001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.77% of renter households, peaking at 28.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42043024001 compare to Royalton overall?
Tract 42043024001 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Royalton at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Royalton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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