Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Goose Island Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilkes-Barre
Tract 42079214600 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 4,191 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 4.5/10 for census tract 42079214600 reflects conditions in Goose Island in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. On the national scale it ranks #65,421 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 23% of renter households, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $495 monthly, set against $75,125 in average yearly household income, roughly 8% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,605
Renter share37.6%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate13.4%
Median income$75,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilkes-Barre and the region
Centroid at 41.2169, -75.9209 · click any tract to drill in
Why Goose Island scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilkes-Barre
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.4% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$495 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilkes-Barre
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilkes-Barre
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilkes-Barre
5.0
How Goose Island compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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.
- 6%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)
- 217Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.20%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.6%Peak (2005)
- 34Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 62% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Goose Island. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Goose Island
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $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 Wilkes-Barre eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Luzerne County average of 5.4 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 78th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 217 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.6% of renter households in 2005.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079214600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079214600?
Census tract 42079214600 in the Goose Island neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 42079214600?
Median gross rent is $495/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079214600?
13.4% of residents in tract 42079214600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,191.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079214600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 89th, minority 56th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 42079214600 considered part of Goose Island?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079214600 fall within Goose Island (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079214600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 217 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079214600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.20% of renter households, peaking at 6.6% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079214600 compare to Wilkes-Barre overall?
Tract 42079214600 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Wilkes-Barre at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilkes-Barre eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42079214600 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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