Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #48,956 of 84,120 nationally
Ewen Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittston
Tract 42079211000 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 4,664 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
42079211000 is a census tract in the Ewen area of West Pittston, PA. It scores 4/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,664. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.7/10.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,138
Renter share44.9%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate13.5%
Median income$62,431
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittston and the region
Centroid at 41.3296, -75.8000 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ewen scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittston
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.5% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$846 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittston
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittston
8.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittston
5.3
How Ewen compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 18
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 23%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)
- 65Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2006)
- 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Ewen. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ewen
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 38.9% across Luzerne County.
Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.5/10. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 65 filings here across 7 tracked years.
At $846 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of West Pittston commands. The worst year on record was 2006, when 1.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 1.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #48,956 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 2.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $62,431, annual rent is just 16%.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079211000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079211000?
Census tract 42079211000 in the Ewen neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 42079211000?
Median gross rent is $846/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079211000?
13.5% of residents in tract 42079211000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,664.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079211000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 27th, minority 11th, housing 23th.
Q5
Is tract 42079211000 considered part of Ewen?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079211000 fall within Ewen (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079211000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 65 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079211000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.13% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079211000 compare to Pittston overall?
Tract 42079211000 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Pittston at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittston; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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