Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #39,308 of 84,120 nationally
Rolling Mill Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilkes-Barre
Tract 42079200700 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 3,622 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 4.6/10, tract 42079200700 in the Rolling Mill Hill area of Wilkes-Barre, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,622 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,386
Renter share37.4%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$62,917
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
58
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilkes-Barre and the region
Centroid at 41.2314, -75.8941 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rolling Mill Hill scores 4.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilkes-Barre
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$941 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilkes-Barre
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilkes-Barre
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilkes-Barre
7.2
How Rolling Mill Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 90%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)
- 172Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2006)
- 40Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Rolling Mill Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rolling Mill Hill
Cost burden runs 28% here against 38.9% across Luzerne County. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 7.2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 172 evictions over 7 years of observation. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10. The worst year on record was 2006, when 5.8% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Wilkes-Barre. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 3.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #39,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.8/10.
Rent consumes only 18% of average household income of $62,917, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Luzerne County average of 4.5 closely. Average gross rent is $941, close to the Wilkes-Barre average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079200700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079200700?
Census tract 42079200700 in the Rolling Mill Hill neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 42079200700?
Median gross rent is $941/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079200700?
12.7% of residents in tract 42079200700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,622.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079200700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 83th, minority 56th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 42079200700 considered part of Rolling Mill Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079200700 fall within Rolling Mill Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079200700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 172 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079200700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.79% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079200700 compare to Wilkes-Barre overall?
Tract 42079200700 scores 4.6/10, right in line with the parent city of Wilkes-Barre at 4.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilkes-Barre eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42079200700 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wilkes-Barre
Top eight tracts in Wilkes-Barre ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Mayflower
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Mayflower
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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East End
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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North End
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Parsons
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
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Rolling Mill Hill
6
/ 10 · Elevated
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North End
5.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · PA
Mayflower
5.8
/ 10 · Elevated
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