Within neighborhood
17
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
West Side Eviction Risk: Moderate , Scranton
Tract 42069102200 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 2,223 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 42069102200 covers part of the West Side area of Scranton, PA, and scores 5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,223. Severe burden reaches 29%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units939
Renter share38.1%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$72,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
19
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Scranton and the region
Centroid at 41.4012, -75.6919 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Side scores 5
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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$922 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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 West Side compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%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)
- 66Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2006)
- 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 180% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within West Side. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Side
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.1/10. roughly one in three of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Lackawanna County average of 41.6%. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.5/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 66 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Average gross rent is $922, 12% below the Scranton average. The worst year on record was 2006, when 4.1% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $72,321, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Lackawanna County average of 4.6 closely.
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 42069102200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069102200?
Census tract 42069102200 in the West Side neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 42069102200?
Median gross rent is $922/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42069102200?
15.5% of residents in tract 42069102200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,223.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42069102200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 88th, minority 44th, housing 37th.
Q5
Is tract 42069102200 considered part of West Side?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42069102200 fall within West Side (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069102200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 66 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069102200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.75% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42069102200 compare to Scranton overall?
Tract 42069102200 scores 5/10, right in line with 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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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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6.4
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