North End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kingston

26% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.

Court records carry 98 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 7.7% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 2.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 44th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Against average income of $78,371, annual rent is just 16%. 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.

It tracks the Luzerne County average of 4.5 closely.

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