Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally
North Scranton Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 42069101200 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 2,674 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 6.1/10, tract 42069101200 in the North Scranton area of Scranton, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,674 residents. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Lackawanna County average of 41.6%.
Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,439
Renter share38.4%
SVI overall0.56
Poverty rate21.1%
Median income$49,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
76
th percentile
High
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scranton and the region
Centroid at 41.4536, -75.6629 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Scranton scores 6.1
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
21.1% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$890 rent vs county FMR
2.9
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 North Scranton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 56
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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)
- 193Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.9%Peak (2006)
- 53Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 382% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Scranton
The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. It sits 1.5 points above the Lackawanna County average of 4.6.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.3/10.
The filing record is not thin: 193 evictions over 7 years of observation. At $890 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Scranton commands.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 9.9% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #17,650 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 42069101200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069101200?
Census tract 42069101200 in the North Scranton neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 42069101200?
Median gross rent is $890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42069101200?
21.1% of residents in tract 42069101200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,674.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42069101200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 56th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 77th, minority 30th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 42069101200 considered part of North Scranton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42069101200 fall within North Scranton (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069101200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 193 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069101200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.42% of renter households, peaking at 9.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42069101200 compare to Scranton overall?
Tract 42069101200 scores 6.1/10, 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.
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