Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally
Lykens Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42043025000 · Dauphin County, PA · pop 2,749 · 56% of tract blocks fall in Lykens
With a score of 4.9/10, tract 42043025000 in Lykens, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,749 residents. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 9.5/10.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units1,242
Renter share32.2%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$65,714
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
62
th percentile
Elevated
National
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lykens and the region
Centroid at 40.5770, -76.6996 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lykens scores 4.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lykens
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$873 rent vs county FMR
1.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lykens
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lykens
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lykens
5.4
How Lykens compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 60%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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)
- 58Total filings over 6 yrs
- 3.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2005)
- 11Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 175% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lykens
Against Dauphin County at 39.0%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.
Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 8.2/10. 16% 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 58 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 5.8% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $873, 9% above the Lykens average.
In a typical year about 3.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 59th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.3/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $65,714, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
It tracks the Dauphin County average of 4.6 closely. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42043025000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42043025000?
Census tract 42043025000 in Lykens scores 4.9/10 (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 42043025000?
Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42043025000?
16.6% of residents in tract 42043025000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,749.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42043025000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 56th, minority 20th, housing 33th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42043025000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42043025000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.37% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42043025000 compare to Lykens overall?
Tract 42043025000 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Lykens at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lykens; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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