Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
Burnham Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42087961000 · Mifflin County, PA · pop 1,687
Tract 42087961000, home to 1,687 residents in Burnham, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 12% of US census tracts.
37% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $743 a month while the average household earns $62,350 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 27% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units773
Renter share27.4%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate11.3%
Median income$62,350
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
National
41
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Burnham and the region
Centroid at 40.6343, -77.5630 · click any tract to drill in
Why Burnham scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Burnham
3.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.3% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$743 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Burnham
3.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Burnham
6.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Burnham
4.6
How Burnham compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 56%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%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)
- 43Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2005)
- 8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Burnham
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.1/10. 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 Burnham, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Mifflin County average of 4.2 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 43 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.0% of renter households in 2005.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42087961000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42087961000?
Census tract 42087961000 in Burnham scores 3.5/10 (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 42087961000?
Median gross rent is $743/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42087961000?
11.3% of residents in tract 42087961000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,687.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42087961000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 56th, minority 11th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42087961000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42087961000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.59% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42087961000 compare to Burnham overall?
Tract 42087961000 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Burnham at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Burnham; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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