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Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Blossom Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Lewistown

Tract 42087960900 · Mifflin County, PA · pop 2,418 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Census tract 42087960900 covers part of the Blossom Hill area of Lewistown, PA, and scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,418 residents. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 31% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,183
Renter share48.4%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate23.8%
Median income$41,477

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Blossom Hill
Very Low
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Lewistown
Very Low
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 13 tracts In Mifflin County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#683 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Lewistown and the region

Centroid at 40.5899, -77.5641 · click any tract to drill in

Why Blossom Hill scores 5.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Lewistown
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
23.8% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$720 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lewistown
5.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lewistown
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lewistown
7.3

How Blossom Hill compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Blossom Hill risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.9This tracttract 9609004.6Lewistownparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 88Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.41%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2002)
  • 11Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42087960900
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Blossom Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Blossom Hill

Against the Mifflin County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points. Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Well under the midpoint, regional political climate reads 2.2/10.

The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.3/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 88 filings here across 7 tracked years. Average gross rent is $720, 10% below the Lewistown average. The worst year on record was 2002, when 3.2% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 2.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42087960900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42087960900?

Census tract 42087960900 in the Blossom Hill neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 42087960900?

Median gross rent is $720/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42087960900?

23.8% of residents in tract 42087960900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,418.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42087960900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 94th, minority 16th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 42087960900 considered part of Blossom Hill?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42087960900 fall within Blossom Hill (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42087960900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 88 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42087960900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.41% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42087960900 compare to Lewistown overall?

Tract 42087960900 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Lewistown at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lewistown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Lewistown

Top eight tracts in Lewistown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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