Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Grove City Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42085033000 · Mercer County, PA · pop 4,970 · 94% of tract blocks fall in Grove City
Tract 42085033000 sits in Grove City, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.6/10. Population here is 4,970. The clearest offset is economic stress at 2.1/10.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
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
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
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 3.6
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
17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.4/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2001, when 1.7% of renter households were served.
Average gross rent is $830, 8% below the Grove City average. In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 33% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Mercer County average of 4.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $53,079.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42085033000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42085033000?
Census tract 42085033000 in Grove City scores 3.6/10 (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 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 3.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Grove City at 3.7/10. 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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