Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42073010202 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42073010202 · Lawrence County, PA · pop 5,145
Tract 42073010202, home to 5,145 residents in Lawrence, scores 4.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 20th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 18% of renter households, a modest level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $773 monthly, set against $75,439 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. About 16% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units1,923
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$75,439
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lawrence County and the region
Centroid at 41.0689, -80.2997 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42073010202 scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
3.5
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$773 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42073010202 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 63%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 3%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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)
- 21Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2006)
- 9Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 800% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42073010202
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Lawrence County average of 5.5 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 21 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 1.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.8% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 50th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42073010202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42073010202?
Census tract 42073010202 in Lawrence County scores 3.3/10 (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 42073010202?
Median gross rent is $773/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42073010202?
8.4% of residents in tract 42073010202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,145.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42073010202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 32th, minority 3th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42073010202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42073010202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.00% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Was tract 42073010202 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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