Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
North End Eviction Risk: Elevated , Kingston
Tract 42079201300 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 2,416 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 6.2/10, tract 42079201300 in the North End area of Wilkes-Barre, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,416 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units900
Renter share45.1%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate24.5%
Median income$45,543
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
93
th percentile
Very High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kingston and the region
Centroid at 41.2560, -75.8591 · click any tract to drill in
Why North End scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kingston
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
24.5% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,157 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kingston
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kingston
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kingston
7.2
How North End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 68%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 61%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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.
- 18%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 4%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)
- 63Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2006)
- 13Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North End. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North End
The severe-burden share is 26%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Luzerne County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.7 points.
The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Average gross rent is $1,157, 22% above the Wilkes-Barre average. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 7.2/10.
Court records carry 63 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 4.7% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points hotter. 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 42079201300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079201300?
Census tract 42079201300 in the North End neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (Elevated 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 42079201300?
Median gross rent is $1,157/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079201300?
24.5% of residents in tract 42079201300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079201300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 68th, household 81th, minority 61th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42079201300 considered part of North End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079201300 fall within North End (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079201300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 63 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079201300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.23% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079201300 compare to Kingston overall?
Tract 42079201300 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Kingston at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kingston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42079201300 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. 4% 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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/ 10 · Elevated
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/ 10 · Elevated
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5.5
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