Millionaire's Row Eviction Risk: Elevated , Williamsport

The poverty rate is 52%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.5/10.

77% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Against the Lycoming County average of 4.1, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.

Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.4/10.

31% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Lycoming County average of 38.9%. At $717 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of Williamsport commands. Court records carry 114 eviction filings across 7 observed years.

Filings peaked in 2000 at 11.6% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #18,163 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.