Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Providence Eviction Risk: Elevated , Scranton
Tract 42069100900 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 1,573 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 42069100900 sits in the Providence area of Scranton eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.4/10. Population here is 1,573. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units831
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$42,664
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scranton and the region
Centroid at 41.4314, -75.6546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Providence scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Scranton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$994 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scranton
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scranton
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scranton
7.5
How Providence compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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)
- 95Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2006)
- 18Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 80% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Providence. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Providence
Against Lackawanna County at 41.6%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10.
Against the Lackawanna County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.3/10. Court records carry 95 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 7.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 4.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42069100900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069100900?
Census tract 42069100900 in the Providence neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (Elevated 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 42069100900?
Median gross rent is $994/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42069100900?
24.8% of residents in tract 42069100900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,573.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42069100900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 68th, minority 24th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 42069100900 considered part of Providence?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42069100900 fall within Providence (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069100900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 95 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069100900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.54% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42069100900 compare to Scranton overall?
Tract 42069100900 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Scranton at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scranton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Scranton
Top eight tracts in Scranton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · PA
South Side
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
South Side
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
Providence
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
Providence
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
West Side
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
West Side
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
Downtown
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
Hill Section
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
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