Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Plymouth Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42079213800 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 1,566
For landlords sizing up Plymouth, census tract 42079213800 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.1/10. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,095 monthly, set against $53,382 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units592
Renter share36.5%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate19.4%
Median income$53,382
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plymouth and the region
Centroid at 41.2369, -75.9603 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plymouth scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plymouth
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
19.4% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,095 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plymouth
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plymouth
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plymouth
7.0
How Plymouth compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 29%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)
- 45Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2000)
- 1Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 90% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plymouth
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 Plymouth, 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 predominantly White and ranks around the 35th 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 42079213800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079213800?
Census tract 42079213800 in Plymouth scores 5.7/10 (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 42079213800?
Median gross rent is $1,095/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079213800?
19.4% of residents in tract 42079213800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,566.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079213800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 83th, minority 34th, housing 11th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079213800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079213800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.65% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42079213800 compare to Plymouth overall?
Tract 42079213800 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Plymouth at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plymouth; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 42079213800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
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Top eight tracts in Plymouth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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