Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Kingston Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42079213000 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 1,322
Census tract 42079213000 sits in Kingston eviction risk, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.8/10. It lands near the 31st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $955 monthly, set against $60,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 41% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units595
Renter share40.5%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.6%
Median income$60,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
47
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kingston and the region
Centroid at 41.2594, -75.8950 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kingston scores 4.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kingston
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.6% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$955 rent vs county FMR
3.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kingston
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kingston
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kingston
6.3
How Kingston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 58%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 49%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 37Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2003)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kingston
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Kingston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Luzerne County average of 5.4 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 37 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.0% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th 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 42079213000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079213000?
Census tract 42079213000 in Kingston scores 4.8/10 (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 42079213000?
Median gross rent is $955/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079213000?
7.6% of residents in tract 42079213000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,322.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079213000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 36th, minority 29th, housing 58th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079213000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079213000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.95% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42079213000 compare to Kingston overall?
Tract 42079213000 scores 4.8/10, higher than the parent city of Kingston at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kingston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 42079213000 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kingston
Top eight tracts in Kingston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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