Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Lebanon County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Lebanon County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (3 to 20)Lower-middle (21 to 35)Middle (35 to 45)Upper-middle (49 to 68)Higher (70 to 95)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.

The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.
Median tract: 41st percentile (among all U.S. tracts).
These tracts span the 3rd percentile to the 95th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Tract 34.00 is marked below — Near the median.
Well above the median3 (9%) · 14,089 people
Above the median8 (24%) · 33,296 people
Near the median6 (18%) · 27,730 people ◀ Tract 34.00
Below the median10 (30%) · 46,808 people
Well below the median6 (18%) · 22,263 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Socioeconomic Status — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.

The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 3 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 4.01 (pop. 4,678) — 95th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1.00 (pop. 5,153) — 91st percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 3.00 (pop. 4,258) — 90th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Above the median — 8 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 36.00 (pop. 3,951) — 74th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 4.02 (pop. 3,729) — 74th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 29.00 (pop. 3,124) — 71st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 39.01 (pop. 3,369) — 70th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 27.02 (pop. 6,012) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 5.00 (pop. 3,818) — 67th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 28.02 (pop. 4,393) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 2.00 (pop. 4,900) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Near the median — 6 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 33.00 (pop. 2,424) — 58th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 21.00 (pop. 5,313) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 34.00 (pop. 2,681) — 49th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 38.02 (pop. 5,445) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 25.00 (pop. 4,915) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 22.00 (pop. 6,952) — 41st percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Below the median — 10 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 40.00 (pop. 8,823) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 35.00 (pop. 5,917) — 36th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 41.00 (pop. 2,319) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 30.00 (pop. 5,931) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 37.00 (pop. 3,454) — 34th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 20.00 (pop. 2,947) — 30th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 28.01 (pop. 4,924) — 29th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 39.02 (pop. 4,386) — 26th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 23.00 (pop. 2,664) — 24th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 32.00 (pop. 5,443) — 21st percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 6 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 27.01 (pop. 6,099) — 20th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 31.00 (pop. 4,070) — 17th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 26.00 (pop. 1,882) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 24.00 (pop. 2,078) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 42.00 (pop. 4,623) — 9th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 38.01 (pop. 3,511) — 3rd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against all U.S. tracts. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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