Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally
Hazleton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 42079217400 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 1,781
The Elevated-tier score of 6.5/10 for census tract 42079217400 reflects conditions in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $821 a month while the average household earns $37,712 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 67% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units878
Renter share67.4%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate34.8%
Median income$37,712
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
93
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
National
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hazleton and the region
Centroid at 40.9478, -75.9859 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hazleton scores 6.7
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
34.8% poverty · this tract
8.7
Supply constraint
$821 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Hazleton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 99%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)
- 120Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.9%Peak (2004)
- 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hazleton
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Hazleton eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Luzerne County average of 5.4 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and White and ranks around the 99th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 120 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.9% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079217400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079217400?
Census tract 42079217400 in Hazleton scores 6.7/10 (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 42079217400?
Median gross rent is $821/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079217400?
34.8% of residents in tract 42079217400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,781.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079217400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 98th, minority 72th, housing 99th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079217400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 120 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079217400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.42% of renter households, peaking at 4.9% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42079217400 compare to Hazleton overall?
Tract 42079217400 scores 6.7/10, higher than the parent city of Hazleton at 4.2/10. 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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