Within neighborhood
40
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,850 of 84,120 nationally
North End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Kingston
Tract 42079212900 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 1,561 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
How risky is North End in Kingston for landlords? Census tract 42079212900 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 63rd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $973 a month while the average household earns $66,417 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 42% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units570
Renter share41.8%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate22.2%
Median income$66,417
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
83
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Kingston and the region
Centroid at 41.2622, -75.8893 · click any tract to drill in
Why North End scores 5.6
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
22.2% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$973 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Kingston
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Kingston
9.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Kingston
6.3
How North End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 73%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 37Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2001)
- 6Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 200% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North End. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North End
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.1/10. 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 Kingston eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Luzerne County average of 5.4 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 37 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.8% of renter households in 2001.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079212900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079212900?
Census tract 42079212900 in the North End neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 42079212900?
Median gross rent is $973/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079212900?
22.2% of residents in tract 42079212900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,561.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079212900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 27th, minority 32th, housing 3th.
Q5
Is tract 42079212900 considered part of North End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079212900 fall within North End (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079212900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079212900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.06% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079212900 compare to Kingston overall?
Tract 42079212900 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Kingston at 4/10. 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 42079212900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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