Inkerman Eviction Risk: Moderate

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.3/10. 25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 8.2/10.

The voucher gap is 15.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The filing record is not thin: 36 evictions over 7 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points above the Luzerne County average of 4.5.

Average gross rent is $1,301, 9% below the Inkerman average. Filings peaked in 2001 at 2.5% of renter households. In a typical year about 1.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 6.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 38% of renters.

Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $59,943.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.