Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Lower Moosic Eviction Risk: Lower , Avoca
Tract 42079210300 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 2,527 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
With a score of 3/10, tract 42079210300 in the Lower Moosic area of Avoca, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.6/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,094
Renter share22.9%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate6.4%
Median income$68,103
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Avoca and the region
Centroid at 41.3382, -75.7422 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lower Moosic scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Avoca
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.4% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$987 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Avoca
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Avoca
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Avoca
4.1
How Lower Moosic compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 11%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)
- 32Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2005)
- 6Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lower Moosic
Against the Luzerne County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.5 points. Cost burden runs 31% here against 38.9% across Luzerne County. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 2.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $68,103, annual rent is just 17%. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least 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 42079210300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079210300?
Census tract 42079210300 in the Lower Moosic neighborhood scores 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 42079210300?
Median gross rent is $987/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079210300?
6.4% of residents in tract 42079210300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,527.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079210300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 43th, minority 8th, housing 11th.
Q5
Is tract 42079210300 considered part of Lower Moosic?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079210300 fall within Lower Moosic (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079210300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079210300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.45% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079210300 compare to Avoca overall?
Tract 42079210300 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Avoca at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Avoca; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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