Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Honey Pot Eviction Risk: Moderate , Nanticoke
Tract 42079214100 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 3,648 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 42079214100 covers part of the Honey Pot area of Nanticoke, PA, and scores 5.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,398
Renter share49.9%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$51,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Nanticoke and the region
Centroid at 41.2094, -76.0084 · click any tract to drill in
Why Honey Pot scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Nanticoke
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$809 rent vs county FMR
2.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Nanticoke
3.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Nanticoke
8.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Nanticoke
5.7
How Honey Pot compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 2.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2006)
- 22Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 57% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Honey Pot
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.3/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Against the Luzerne County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Cost burden runs 34% here against 38.9% across Luzerne County.
The filing record is not thin: 103 evictions over 7 years of observation. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2006, when 3.8% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.9/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079214100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079214100?
Census tract 42079214100 in the Honey Pot neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 42079214100?
Median gross rent is $809/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079214100?
23.6% of residents in tract 42079214100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,648.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079214100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 75th, minority 33th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 42079214100 considered part of Honey Pot?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079214100 fall within Honey Pot (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079214100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 103 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079214100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.49% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079214100 compare to Nanticoke overall?
Tract 42079214100 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Nanticoke at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Nanticoke; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Nanticoke
Top eight tracts in Nanticoke ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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