Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Miners Mills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Plains
Tract 42079201600 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 2,885 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 42079201600, home to 2,885 residents in the Miners Mills area of Plains, scores 5.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 71% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $935 monthly, set against $64,583 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. Renters make up 23% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,094
Renter share22.6%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$64,583
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plains and the region
Centroid at 41.2651, -75.8407 · click any tract to drill in
Why Miners Mills scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plains
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$935 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plains
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plains
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plains
7.2
How Miners Mills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 90%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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
- 26%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)
- 98Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.19%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2005)
- 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 110% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Miners Mills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Miners Mills
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 inherited from Plains, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Luzerne County average of 5.4 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 98 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.1% of renter households in 2005.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 26% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079201600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079201600?
Census tract 42079201600 in the Miners Mills neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 42079201600?
Median gross rent is $935/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079201600?
12.4% of residents in tract 42079201600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,885.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079201600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 90th, minority 38th, housing 19th.
Q5
Is tract 42079201600 considered part of Miners Mills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079201600 fall within Miners Mills (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079201600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 98 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079201600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.19% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079201600 compare to Plains overall?
Tract 42079201600 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Plains at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plains; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42079201600 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. 26% 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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