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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally

Park Avenue Eviction Risk: Elevated , Williamsport

Tract 42081000300 · Lycoming County, PA · pop 4,742 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Tract 42081000300 sits in the Park Avenue area of Williamsport eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6/10. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.

Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30% Stable renters 30% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units1,913
Renter share60.0%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate23.5%
Median income$48,719

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Park Avenue
Very High
Within parent city
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#4 of 9 tracts In Williamsport
Elevated
Within county
97 th percentile
Rank, 97th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 32 tracts In Lycoming County
Very High
Within state
82 th percentile
Rank, 82nd percentileLowHigh
#607 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Williamsport and the region

Centroid at 41.2421, -77.0334 · click any tract to drill in

Why Park Avenue scores 6

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Williamsport
3.6
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
2.9
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
23.5% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$868 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Williamsport
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Williamsport
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Williamsport
7.6

How Park Avenue compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Park Avenue risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.0This tracttract 0003004.6Williamsportparent city4.1Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 81

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 619Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.33%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.3%Peak (2002)
  • 98Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42081000300
Filings climbed 23% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Park Avenue. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Park Avenue

Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Lycoming County average of 38.9%. It sits 1.9 points above the Lycoming County average of 4.1.

The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.6/10.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.7/10. Court records carry 619 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 7.3% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

Social vulnerability reads 8.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $868, close to the Williamsport average.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42081000300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42081000300?

Census tract 42081000300 in the Park Avenue neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 42081000300?

Median gross rent is $868/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42081000300?

23.5% of residents in tract 42081000300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,742.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42081000300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 70th, minority 34th, housing 89th.
Q5

Is tract 42081000300 considered part of Park Avenue?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42081000300 fall within Park Avenue (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42081000300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 619 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42081000300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.33% of renter households, peaking at 7.3% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42081000300 compare to Williamsport overall?

Tract 42081000300 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Williamsport at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Williamsport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Williamsport

Top eight tracts in Williamsport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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