Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
North Gate Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hazleton
Tract 42079217100 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 4,181 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 42079217100 covers part of the North Gate area of Hazleton, PA, and scores 7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,181. Against the Luzerne County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,474
Renter share54.3%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate21.3%
Median income$47,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hazleton and the region
Centroid at 40.9663, -75.9644 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Gate scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hazleton
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
21.3% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,067 rent vs county FMR
4.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hazleton
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hazleton
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hazleton
8.5
How North Gate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 70%Racial/ethnic minority
- 62%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)
- 84Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.5%Peak (2002)
- 10Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Gate. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Gate
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10.
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Cost burden runs 31% here against 38.9% across Luzerne County.
On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 84 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 3.5% of renter households.
In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079217100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079217100?
Census tract 42079217100 in the North Gate neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 42079217100?
Median gross rent is $1,067/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079217100?
21.3% of residents in tract 42079217100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,181.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079217100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 91th, minority 70th, housing 62th.
Q5
Is tract 42079217100 considered part of North Gate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079217100 fall within North Gate (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079217100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 84 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079217100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.59% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079217100 compare to Hazleton overall?
Tract 42079217100 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Hazleton at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hazleton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hazleton
Top eight tracts in Hazleton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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