Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Goose Island Eviction Risk: Lower , Wilkes-Barre
Tract 42079214600 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 4,191 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
42079214600 is a census tract in the Goose Island area of Luzerne County, PA. It scores 3.5/10 for landlords. 23% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Luzerne County average of 38.9%.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
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
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
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 3.5
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
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 14%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.1/10.
It sits 1.0 points below the Luzerne County average of 4.5. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 217 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2005, when 6.6% of renter households were served.
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 4.2% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $75,125, annual rent is just 8%. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 3.5/10 (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 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 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of Wilkes-Barre at 4.8/10. 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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