Chambersburg Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42055010800 · Franklin County, PA · pop 3,897
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 42055010800 in Chambersburg, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,897. 55% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Franklin County average of 34.7%.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Chambersburg and the region
Centroid at 39.9177, -77.6542 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chambersburg scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Chambersburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 57%Household composition
- 28%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%Housing & transportation
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)
- 92Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.1%Peak (2004)
- 18Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
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What drives eviction risk in Chambersburg
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
It sits 1.4 points above the Franklin County average of 4.0. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.3/10. Court records carry 92 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 3.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,098, close to the Chambersburg average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $51,232.
49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
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.
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Highest-risk tracts in Chambersburg
Top eight tracts in Chambersburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.