Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
Back Mountain Eviction Risk: Lower , Dallas
Tract 42079211201 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 2,694 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Tract 42079211201 sits in the Back Mountain area of Dallas, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.7/10. Population here is 2,694. 27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,138
Renter share20.3%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$81,364
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dallas and the region
Centroid at 41.3315, -75.9729 · click any tract to drill in
Why Back Mountain scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dallas
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,178 rent vs county FMR
5.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dallas
2.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dallas
4.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dallas
5.1
How Back Mountain compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 25%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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)
- 20Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2001)
- 4Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Back Mountain
Cost burden runs 32% here against 38.9% across Luzerne County. Pulling hardest the other way is rent-regulation exposure at 2.8/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10. The filing record is not thin: 20 evictions over 6 years of observation.
Against the Luzerne County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. The worst year on record was 2001, when 3.8% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 1.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 35% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 20% 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. Statute speed, court posture and rent-regulation exposure are inherited from Dallas rather than measured on these blocks; the economic and supply components are the tract-level part of the score.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 42079211201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079211201?
Census tract 42079211201 in the Back Mountain neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 42079211201?
Median gross rent is $1,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079211201?
17.7% of residents in tract 42079211201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,694.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079211201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 25th, minority 15th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 42079211201 considered part of Back Mountain?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079211201 fall within Back Mountain (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079211201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42079211201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.70% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079211201 compare to Dallas overall?
Tract 42079211201 scores 3.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Dallas at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dallas; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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