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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Hershey West End Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 42043024104 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 6,063 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 42043024104 in the Hershey West End area of Dauphin County, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 9.5/10.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 14% Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units2,398
Renter share19.7%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$142,031

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Hershey West End
Very Low
Within county
3 th percentile
Rank, 3rd percentileLowHigh
#65 of 67 tracts In Dauphin County
Very Low
Within state
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#2,785 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very Low
National
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#67,219 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Hershey and the region

Centroid at 40.2442, -76.6957 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hershey West End scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Hershey
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,817 rent vs county FMR
8.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hershey
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hershey
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hershey
5.0

How Hershey West End compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hershey West End risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.0This tracttract 0241044.4Hersheyparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 10

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 96Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 3.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2006)
  • 33Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42043024104
Filings climbed 313% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Hershey West End. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hershey West End

The voucher gap is 32.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.5/10. It sits 1.6 points below the Dauphin County average of 4.6.

Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 8.3/10. Against Dauphin County at 39.0%, 32% of renters here are cost-burdened. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Court records carry 96 eviction filings across 6 observed years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 8.4% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 3.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.9/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42043024104

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043024104?

Census tract 42043024104 in the Hershey West End 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 42043024104?

Median gross rent is $1,817/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42043024104?

5.8% of residents in tract 42043024104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,063.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42043024104?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 34th, minority 31th, housing 18th.
Q5

Is tract 42043024104 considered part of Hershey West End?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42043024104 fall within Hershey West End (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043024104?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 96 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043024104 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.74% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42043024104 compare to Hershey overall?

Tract 42043024104 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Hershey at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hershey eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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