Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,878 of 84,120 nationally
Iona Eviction Risk: Elevated , Plymouth
Tract 42079213700 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 2,189 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
In the Iona area of Plymouth, census tract 42079213700 scores 5.9/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 71% of US census tracts.
About 41% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $877 a month while the average household earns $46,464 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units927
Renter share50.3%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate25.5%
Median income$46,464
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plymouth and the region
Centroid at 41.2409, -75.9520 · click any tract to drill in
Why Iona scores 6.2
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
25.5% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$877 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
- 43%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)
- 80Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2004)
- 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% 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
The heaviest input here 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.
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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079213700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079213700?
Census tract 42079213700 in the Iona neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 42079213700?
Median gross rent is $877/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079213700?
25.5% of residents in tract 42079213700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,189.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079213700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 80th, minority 50th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 42079213700 considered part of Iona?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079213700 fall within Iona (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079213700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 80 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079213700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.87% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079213700 compare to Plymouth overall?
Tract 42079213700 scores 6.2/10, 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 42079213700 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Plymouth
Top eight tracts in Plymouth ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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