Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Grove City Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42085033000 · Mercer County, PA · pop 4,970 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Grove City
Tract 42085033000 covers Grove City in Pennsylvania. Home to 4,970 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 34% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 40% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $830 a month against an average household income of $53,079 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 49% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,269
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$53,079
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
National
57
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Grove City and the region
Centroid at 41.1544, -80.0878 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grove City scores 4.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Grove City
4.3
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.7
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$830 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Grove City
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Grove City
3.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Grove City
3.6
How Grove City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 56%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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)
- 29Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2001)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grove City
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 4.1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Grove City, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Mercer County average of 5.2 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 1.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.7% of renter households in 2001.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42085033000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085033000?
Census tract 42085033000 in Grove City scores 4.3/10 (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 42085033000?
Median gross rent is $830/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42085033000?
8.4% of residents in tract 42085033000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,970.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42085033000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 10th, minority 17th, housing 74th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42085033000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42085033000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.00% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42085033000 compare to Grove City overall?
Tract 42085033000 scores 4.3/10, higher than the parent city of Grove City at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Grove City; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Grove City
Top eight tracts in Grove City ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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