Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Iona Eviction Risk: Moderate , Plymouth
Tract 42079213600 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 2,016 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 5.9/10, tract 42079213600 in Iona in Plymouth ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,016 residents. That is riskier than about 71% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 46% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $906 a month against an average household income of $35,761 a year, roughly 30% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units894
Renter share63.0%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate18.3%
Median income$35,761
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
77
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plymouth and the region
Centroid at 41.2429, -75.9404 · click any tract to drill in
Why Iona scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plymouth
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
18.3% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$906 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plymouth
5.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plymouth
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plymouth
7.0
How Iona compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 33%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 30%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)
- 128Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2004)
- 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 31% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Iona. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Iona
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.2/10. 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 Plymouth, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 88th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079213600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079213600?
Census tract 42079213600 in the Iona neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 42079213600?
Median gross rent is $906/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079213600?
18.3% of residents in tract 42079213600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,016.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079213600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 95th, minority 33th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 42079213600 considered part of Iona?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079213600 fall within Iona (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079213600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 128 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079213600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.45% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079213600 compare to Plymouth overall?
Tract 42079213600 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Plymouth at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plymouth; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42079213600 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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Top eight tracts in Plymouth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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