Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Iona Eviction Risk: Lower , Plymouth
Tract 42079214500 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 1,572 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 42079214500 sits in the Iona area of Luzerne County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3.9/10. Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units650
Renter share28.5%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate15.9%
Median income$70,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plymouth and the region
Centroid at 41.2316, -75.9388 · click any tract to drill in
Why Iona scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plymouth
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
15.9% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$847 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plymouth
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plymouth
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plymouth
5.0
How Iona compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 41%Socioeconomic
- 60%Household composition
- 13%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%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.
- 10%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)
- 16Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.7%Peak (2001)
- 3Filings 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 clearest offset is supply constraint at 2.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10. 34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Luzerne County average of 38.9%.
The filing record is not thin: 16 evictions over 6 years of observation. Against the Luzerne County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.6 points. Filings peaked in 2001 at 1.7% of renter households.
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 1.3% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 40% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $70,250, annual rent is just 14%. Average gross rent runs $847 a month. 28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079214500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079214500?
Census tract 42079214500 in the Iona neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower 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 42079214500?
Median gross rent is $847/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079214500?
15.9% of residents in tract 42079214500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,572.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079214500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 41th, household 60th, minority 13th, housing 51th.
Q5
Is tract 42079214500 considered part of Iona?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079214500 fall within Iona (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079214500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42079214500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.26% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079214500 compare to Plymouth overall?
Tract 42079214500 scores 3.9/10, lower than the parent city of Plymouth at 4.6/10. 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 42079214500 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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