Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Edwardsville Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 42079213200 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 4,925
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42079213200 (Edwardsville, Pennsylvania) comes in at 6.6/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #10,105 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $875 a month against an average household income of $50,046 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 53% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,951
Renter share53.0%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$50,046
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
National
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Edwardsville and the region
Centroid at 41.2602, -75.9099 · click any tract to drill in
Why Edwardsville scores 6.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Edwardsville
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$875 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Edwardsville
8.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Edwardsville
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Edwardsville
8.7
How Edwardsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 22%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)
- 510Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2006)
- 110Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 77% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Edwardsville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Edwardsville, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Luzerne County average of 5.4 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 510 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 5.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.3% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079213200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079213200?
Census tract 42079213200 in Edwardsville scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 42079213200?
Median gross rent is $875/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079213200?
24.0% of residents in tract 42079213200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,925.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079213200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 93th, minority 49th, housing 48th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079213200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 510 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079213200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.43% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42079213200 compare to Edwardsville overall?
Tract 42079213200 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Edwardsville at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Edwardsville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 42079213200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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