Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Mercersburg Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42055011500 · Franklin County, PA · pop 6,548 · 28% of tract blocks fall in Mercersburg
With a score of $1/10, tract 42055011500 in Mercersburg ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 6,548 residents. On the national scale it ranks #52,367 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,016 a month against an average household income of $80,299 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,701
Renter share20.5%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$80,299
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
27
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Mercersburg and the region
Centroid at 39.8775, -77.8918 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mercersburg scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Mercersburg
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.8
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,016 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Mercersburg
3.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Mercersburg
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Mercersburg
4.3
How Mercersburg 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.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 52Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2002)
- 7Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 22% over the past 6 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mercersburg
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.2/10. 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 Mercersburg, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Franklin County average of 5.0 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 47th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 52 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.9% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42055011500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42055011500?
Census tract 42055011500 in Mercersburg scores 2.8/10 (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 42055011500?
Median gross rent is $1,016/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42055011500?
7.6% of residents in tract 42055011500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,548.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42055011500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 47th, minority 11th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42055011500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 52 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42055011500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.42% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42055011500 compare to Mercersburg overall?
Tract 42055011500 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Mercersburg at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Mercersburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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