Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Throop Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42069111700 · Lackawanna County, PA · pop 4,062
With a score of 4/10, tract 42069111700 in Throop, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.3/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,831
Renter share21.5%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$51,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
National
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Throop and the region
Centroid at 41.4382, -75.5927 · click any tract to drill in
Why Throop scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Throop
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,041 rent vs county FMR
4.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Throop
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Throop
4.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Throop
5.4
How Throop compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%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)
- 85Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2002)
- 11Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Throop
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.9/10.
Court records carry 85 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 3.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 42nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 21% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.8/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. It tracks the Lackawanna County average of 4.6 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42069111700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42069111700?
Census tract 42069111700 in Throop scores 4/10 (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 42069111700?
Median gross rent is $1,041/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42069111700?
13.0% of residents in tract 42069111700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,062.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42069111700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 91th, minority 18th, housing 14th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42069111700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 85 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42069111700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.55% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42069111700 compare to Throop overall?
Tract 42069111700 scores 4/10, higher than the parent city of Throop at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Throop; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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