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Census Tract · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally

Dunmore Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 42069112000 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 4,642

Census tract 42069112000 covers part of Dunmore, PA, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.2/10.

Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 24% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,707
Renter share36.3%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$66,528

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Dunmore
Elevated
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#36 of 60 tracts In Lackawanna County
Moderate
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#1,923 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
National
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#50,654 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dunmore and the region

Centroid at 41.4286, -75.6148 · click any tract to drill in

Why Dunmore scores 3.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dunmore
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$974 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dunmore
3.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dunmore
8.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dunmore
4.7

How Dunmore compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Dunmore risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.9This tracttract 1120004.0Dunmoreparent city4.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 31

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)

  • 149Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 3.98%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.6%Peak (2003)
  • 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42069112000
Filings dropped 83% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Dunmore

33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Lackawanna County average of 41.6%. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.3/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 149 evictions over 7 years of observation.

It sits 0.7 points below the Lackawanna County average of 4.6. Filings peaked in 2003 at 6.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.0% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #50,654 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.8/10.

Against average income of $66,528, annual rent is just 18%. Average gross rent is $974, close to the Dunmore average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42069112000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069112000?

Census tract 42069112000 in Dunmore scores 3.9/10 (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 42069112000?

Median gross rent is $974/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42069112000?

13.0% of residents in tract 42069112000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,642.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42069112000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 32th, minority 28th, housing 38th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069112000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 149 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069112000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.98% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42069112000 compare to Dunmore overall?

Tract 42069112000 scores 3.9/10, right in line with the parent city of Dunmore at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dunmore eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dunmore

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

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