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.
Somerset County — Social Vulnerability Index
Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Somerset County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (6 to 21)Lower-middle (24 to 41)Middle (42 to 58)Upper-middle (60 to 68)Higher (70 to 91)
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.
Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.
Median tract: 51st percentile (among tracts in PA).
These tracts span the 6th percentile to the 91st percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Widest spread across these tracts: Housing Type & Transportation — 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.
Tract 211.00 (pop. 1,782) — 91st percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 208.01 (pop. 3,375) — 82nd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 213.00 (pop. 3,446) — 73rd 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 219.02 (pop. 2,172) — 70th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 209.00 (pop. 4,997) — 70th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 217.00 (pop. 3,022) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 212.00 (pop. 2,722) — 67th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 215.00 (pop. 2,344) — 66th 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 210.00 (pop. 4,162) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 214.00 (pop. 4,528) — 60th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 205.00 (pop. 2,803) — 58th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 216.00 (pop. 2,103) — 55th percentile — Near 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 218.00 (pop. 3,182) — 47th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 208.02 (pop. 3,159) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 219.03 (pop. 1,365) — 42nd percentile — Near the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 202.00 (pop. 4,317) — 41st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 204.00 (pop. 3,294) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 206.02 (pop. 2,952) — 31st 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 201.02 (pop. 4,859) — 31st 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 203.00 (pop. 3,860) — 24th percentile — Below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 219.04 (pop. 834) — 21st 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 207.00 (pop. 2,622) — 20th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 206.01 (pop. 2,947) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 201.01 (pop. 1,952) — 6th 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 tracts in PA. "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.