Neighborhood · Wilkes-Barre, PA

Rolling Mill Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 11,515 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.1/10 · range 4.1–6

Rolling Mill Hill spans 4 census tracts of Wilkes-Barre, PA and houses 11,515 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.1/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.

The severe-burden share is 21%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.1 to 6, a 1.9-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.

38% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, higher than the Wilkes-Barre rate of 30.7%. Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.4/10.

The poverty rate is 20%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Filings are well documented here: 766 across 4 observed tracts. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 8.5% of renter households.

That places it #4 of 5 neighborhoods in Wilkes-Barre. Judgments average 3.8% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.

The closest comparables inside the same city are East End and Goose Island. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.3/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. Against average income of $54,463, annual rent is only 20%, a wide affordability cushion.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.1 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

5.1

Moderate

4 tracts · population-weighted

Rolling Mill Hill vs Wilkes-Barre How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

37.8% +23%

Wilkes-Barre: 30.7%

Average gross rent

$905 -4%

Wilkes-Barre: $946

Average HH income

$54,463 +14%

Wilkes-Barre: $47,970

Poverty rate

19.6% -7%

Wilkes-Barre: 21.1%

Renter share

43.4% -11%

Wilkes-Barre: 48.8%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Rolling Mill Hill and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 4.1–6

Why Rolling Mill Hill scores 5.1

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts

3.4

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 4.3–4.3 across tracts

4.3

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 4.9–4.9 across tracts

4.9

Rent control risk

38% of income on rent · Range 6.4–7.1 across tracts

6.6

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 3.4–3.5 across tracts

3.5

Tenant organizing strength

43% renter households · Range 8.0–9.2 across tracts

8.9

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 7.2–8.3 across tracts

7.4

Economic stress

19.6% below poverty line · Range 2.2–9.6 across tracts

4.9

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 2.0–4.0 across tracts

3.1

Risk score comparison

Rolling Mill Hill vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Rolling Mill Hill?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 1.9 points from 4.1 to 6. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.

Tracts as heat grid

6.0 5.9 4.6 4.1

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

4 tracts in Rolling Mill Hill

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
42079200500	6	2,892	33%	$783
42079215100	5.9	2,612	51%	$897
42079200700	4.6	3,622	28%	$941
42079200600	4.1	2,389	44%	$1,009

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 81

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 71%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 85%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 57%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 75%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Rolling Mill Hill

Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

766Total filings (sum)
4.89%Avg annual filing rate
8.5%Peak year (2006)
5.75%Latest filed (2006)

Frequently asked

About Rolling Mill Hill

What is the eviction-risk score for Rolling Mill Hill?

Rolling Mill Hill scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Rolling Mill Hill compare to Wilkes-Barre overall?

Rolling Mill Hill scores 0.3 points higher than Wilkes-Barre overall (4.8/10). Renters spend 38% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $905 vs $946.

What is the average rent in Rolling Mill Hill?

Average gross rent in Rolling Mill Hill is $905/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Rolling Mill Hill residents are renters?

43% of Rolling Mill Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 49% in Wilkes-Barre). The neighborhood has 11,515 residents.

Is Rolling Mill Hill a high social-vulnerability area?

Rolling Mill Hill sits in the 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Rolling Mill Hill have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Rolling Mill Hill is census tract 42079200500 (score 6/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.1 to 6, a spread of 1.9 points.

How safe is Rolling Mill Hill for landlords?

Rolling Mill Hill carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.1/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Wilkes-Barre as a whole (4.8/10), this neighborhood is in line with the citywide level.

What is the demographic breakdown of Rolling Mill Hill?

Rolling Mill Hill has 11,315 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (55.8%), Hispanic / Latino (31.2%), Black (non-Hispanic) (10.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Rolling Mill Hill

6.1 Mayflower 3 tracts · pop 11,014 4.6 Goose Island 3 tracts · pop 10,871 5.2 Iona 4 tracts · pop 7,565 4.9 East End 4 tracts · pop 9,160 5.2 North End 6 tracts · pop 13,250 4.2 Miners Mills 2 tracts · pop 8,980

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Wilkes-Barre

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Rolling Mill Hill.

4.8 East End 4 tracts · pop 9,160 4.6 Goose Island 3 tracts · pop 10,871 6.1 Mayflower 3 tracts · pop 11,014 6.2 Parsons 1 tracts · pop 2,453

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