Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
East End Eviction Risk: Moderate , Wilkes-Barre
Tract 42079215200 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 3,033 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 42079215200 in East End in Wilkes-Barre ranks in the Moderate tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 3,033 residents. That is riskier than roughly 52% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,144 a month while the average household earns $60,817 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,457
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$60,817
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilkes-Barre and the region
Centroid at 41.2337, -75.8596 · click any tract to drill in
Why East End 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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,144 rent vs county FMR
5.2
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 East End compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 14%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)
- 115Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.79%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2004)
- 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East End. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East End
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 5.2/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 about the same as the Luzerne County average of 5.4 and in line with 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 63rd 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 14% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079215200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079215200?
Census tract 42079215200 in the East End 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 42079215200?
Median gross rent is $1,144/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079215200?
9.9% of residents in tract 42079215200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,033.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079215200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 59th, minority 39th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 42079215200 considered part of East End?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079215200 fall within East End (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079215200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 115 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079215200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.79% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079215200 compare to Wilkes-Barre overall?
Tract 42079215200 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 42079215200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 14% 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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