Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Simpson Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42069110100 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 3,001 · 34% of tract blocks fall in Simpson
Tract 42069110100, home to 3,001 residents in Simpson in Lackawanna County, scores 5.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $856 monthly, set against $65,648 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 18% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,278
Renter share18.1%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$65,648
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
53
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
National
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Simpson and the region
Centroid at 41.6020, -75.4962 · click any tract to drill in
Why Simpson scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Simpson
4.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$856 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Simpson
7.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Simpson
5.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Simpson
7.3
How Simpson compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 10%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 55Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2005)
- 10Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Simpson
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 7.3/10. 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 Simpson, 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 safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 55 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2005.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42069110100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069110100?
Census tract 42069110100 in Simpson scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 42069110100?
Median gross rent is $856/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42069110100?
13.7% of residents in tract 42069110100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,001.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42069110100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 22th, minority 10th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069110100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069110100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.53% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42069110100 compare to Simpson overall?
Tract 42069110100 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Simpson at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Simpson; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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