Petersburg Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dunmore
Tract 42069100500 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 2,109 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
In the Petersburg neighborhood of Dunmore, census tract 42069100500 scores 5.7/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 63% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 31% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,157 a month against an average household income of $72,238 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 43% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Dunmore and the region
Centroid at 41.4041, -75.6394 · click any tract to drill in
Why Petersburg scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Petersburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 42%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%Housing & transportation
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)
- 64Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2006)
- 13Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Petersburg. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
What drives eviction risk in Petersburg
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Dunmore eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Lackawanna County average of 5.7 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 64 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 42069100500
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Highest-risk tracts in Dunmore
Top eight tracts in Dunmore ranked by composite eviction-risk score.