Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
North Gate Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hazleton
Tract 42079217600 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 4,156 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 42079217600 in the North Gate area of Hazleton, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,156 residents. The severe-burden share is 52%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,222
Renter share58.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate33.1%
Median income$38,431
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
96
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hazleton and the region
Centroid at 40.9612, -75.9744 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Gate scores 7.3
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
33.1% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,187 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 82%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 103Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2000)
- 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% 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
Against Luzerne County at 38.9%, 76% of renters here are cost-burdened. It sits 2.8 points above the Luzerne County average of 4.5. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $38,431 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.3/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 103 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2000, when 3.8% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $1,187, 9% above the Hazleton average. In a typical year about 2.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
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 42079217600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079217600?
Census tract 42079217600 in the North Gate neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 42079217600?
Median gross rent is $1,187/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079217600?
33.1% of residents in tract 42079217600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,156.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079217600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 97th, minority 82th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 42079217600 considered part of North Gate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079217600 fall within North Gate (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079217600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 103 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079217600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.69% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079217600 compare to Hazleton overall?
Tract 42079217600 scores 7.3/10, 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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