Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally
Pittston Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 42079210800 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 3,167
Census tract 42079210800 belongs to Pittston in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It is home to 3,167 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 67% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $664 a month while the average household earns $36,094 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 65% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,579
Renter share64.7%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$36,094
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
National
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittston and the region
Centroid at 41.3240, -75.7845 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pittston scores 6.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittston
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$664 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittston
5.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittston
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittston
6.9
How Pittston compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 74%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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)
- 106Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2003)
- 19Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 280% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pittston
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 Pittston, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 106 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 79th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079210800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079210800?
Census tract 42079210800 in Pittston scores 6.1/10 (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 42079210800?
Median gross rent is $664/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079210800?
20.4% of residents in tract 42079210800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,167.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079210800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 74th, household 86th, minority 17th, housing 82th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079210800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079210800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.49% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42079210800 compare to Pittston overall?
Tract 42079210800 scores 6.1/10, higher than the parent city of Pittston at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Pittston
Top eight tracts in Pittston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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