Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
North End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kingston
Tract 42079212000 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 1,663 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 42079212000 covers part of the North End area of Plains, PA, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,663. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units795
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate28.9%
Median income$46,985
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kingston and the region
Centroid at 41.2687, -75.8570 · click any tract to drill in
Why North End scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Kingston
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
28.9% poverty · this tract
7.2
Supply constraint
$986 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kingston
5.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kingston
6.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kingston
6.4
How North End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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
- 31%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)
- 19Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2006)
- 7Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North End. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North End
Cost burden runs 50% here against 38.9% across Luzerne County. The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The main counterweight is eviction-process difficulty at 2.8/10. On the high side, economic stress reads 7.2/10.
Against the Luzerne County average of 4.5, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 19 evictions over 6 years of observation. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.
At $986 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Plains commands. Filings peaked in 2006 at 2.4% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Wilkes-Barre. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing.
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 42079212000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079212000?
Census tract 42079212000 in the North End neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 42079212000?
Median gross rent is $986/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079212000?
28.9% of residents in tract 42079212000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,663.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079212000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 17th, minority 22th, housing 9th.
Q5
Is tract 42079212000 considered part of North End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079212000 fall within North End (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079212000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 19 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42079212000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.21% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079212000 compare to Kingston overall?
Tract 42079212000 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Kingston at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Kingston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42079212000 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. 31% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Kingston
Top eight tracts in Kingston ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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