Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Downtown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Scranton
Tract 42069100200 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 2,901 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 42069100200 sits in the Downtown area of Scranton eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.4/10. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.5/10.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 59%
Owners 3%
Tract context
Occupied units1,782
Renter share96.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate38.1%
Median income$23,897
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
100
th percentile
Very High
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scranton and the region
Centroid at 41.4102, -75.6629 · click any tract to drill in
Why Downtown scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Scranton
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
38.1% poverty · this tract
9.5
Supply constraint
$706 rent vs county FMR
1.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Scranton
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Scranton
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Scranton
7.5
How Downtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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)
- 246Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.14%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2002)
- 29Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 53% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Downtown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Downtown
This is renter territory: 96% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The poverty rate is 38%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.1/10.
Average gross rent is $706, 33% below the Scranton average. Set annual rent against average income of $23,897 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Against the Lackawanna County average of 4.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.3/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Court records carry 246 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2002, when 4.6% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42069100200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069100200?
Census tract 42069100200 in the Downtown neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 42069100200?
Median gross rent is $706/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42069100200?
38.1% of residents in tract 42069100200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,901.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42069100200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 83th, minority 57th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 42069100200 considered part of Downtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42069100200 fall within Downtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069100200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 246 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069100200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.14% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42069100200 compare to Scranton overall?
Tract 42069100200 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Scranton at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Scranton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Scranton
Top eight tracts in Scranton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · PA
Hill Section
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
West Side
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
Hill Section
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
West Side
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
Downtown
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
South Side
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
Providence
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
South Side
6.4
/ 10 · Elevated
Related