Within neighborhood
0
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Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Miners Mills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Plains
Tract 42079211900 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 6,095 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Here is how census tract 42079211900, in the Miners Mills neighborhood of Plains, looks to a landlord: a 4.8/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 6,095. On the national scale it ranks #58,077 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
21% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $867 monthly, set against $72,672 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,744
Renter share27.8%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$72,672
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plains and the region
Centroid at 41.2812, -75.8362 · click any tract to drill in
Why Miners Mills scores 4.7
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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$867 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plains
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plains
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plains
6.4
How Miners Mills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 30%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%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
- 8%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)
- 113Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2005)
- 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 75% 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
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 6.4/10. 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 below the Luzerne County average of 5.4 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 113 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079211900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079211900?
Census tract 42079211900 in the Miners Mills neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 42079211900?
Median gross rent is $867/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079211900?
13.7% of residents in tract 42079211900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,095.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079211900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 49th, minority 30th, housing 17th.
Q5
Is tract 42079211900 considered part of Miners Mills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079211900 fall within Miners Mills (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079211900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079211900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079211900 compare to Plains overall?
Tract 42079211900 scores 4.7/10, 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 42079211900 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. 8% 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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