Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Olyphant Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42069111400 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 5,372
With a score of 3.7/10, tract 42069111400 in Olyphant, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. 24% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,387
Renter share31.7%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate10.0%
Median income$63,516
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
National
36
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Olyphant and the region
Centroid at 41.4515, -75.5758 · click any tract to drill in
Why Olyphant scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Olyphant
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.0% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$889 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Olyphant
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Olyphant
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Olyphant
4.8
How Olyphant compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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)
- 166Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2000)
- 16Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 54% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Olyphant
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.5/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.3/10. Cost burden runs 46% here against 41.6% across Lackawanna County.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 166 filings here across 7 tracked years. Against the Lackawanna County average of 4.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.9/10.
Filings peaked in 2000 at 4.4% of renter households. In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 6.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $63,516, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.9 points cooler. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
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 42069111400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069111400?
Census tract 42069111400 in Olyphant scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 42069111400?
Median gross rent is $889/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42069111400?
10.0% of residents in tract 42069111400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,372.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42069111400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 85th, minority 26th, housing 53th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069111400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 166 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069111400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.96% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42069111400 compare to Olyphant overall?
Tract 42069111400 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Olyphant at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Olyphant; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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