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Hazle Springs Eviction Risk: Lower , Harleigh

Tract 42079216900 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 5,274 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 3.4/10, tract 42079216900 in the Hazle Springs area of Harleigh, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,274 residents. 60% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Luzerne County average of 38.9%.

Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 6% Owners 84%
Tract context
Occupied units2,132
Renter share16.2%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$68,650

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hazle Springs
Moderate
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Harleigh
Moderate
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#68 of 101 tracts In Luzerne County
Low
Within state
30 th percentile
Rank, 30th percentileLowHigh
#2,398 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Harleigh and the region

Centroid at 40.9735, -75.9409 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hazle Springs scores 3.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Harleigh
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$890 rent vs county FMR
2.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harleigh
2.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harleigh
2.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harleigh
2.8

How Hazle Springs compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hazle Springs risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.4This tracttract 2169003.2Harleighparent city4.5Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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)

  • 12Total filings over 6 yrs
  • 1.00%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.7%Peak (2006)
  • 4Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42079216900
Filings climbed 300% over the past 7 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hazle Springs

Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 2.4/10.

Well under the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.4/10. Against the Luzerne County average of 4.5, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Running cool, housing-court posture reads 2.8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 12 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2006, when 1.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 29% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 16% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

Social vulnerability reads 2.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $68,650, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.2 points cooler.

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 42079216900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079216900?

Census tract 42079216900 in the Hazle Springs neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 42079216900?

Median gross rent is $890/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42079216900?

17.9% of residents in tract 42079216900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,274.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42079216900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 47th, minority 9th, housing 5th.
Q5

Is tract 42079216900 considered part of Hazle Springs?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079216900 fall within Hazle Springs (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079216900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42079216900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.00% of renter households, peaking at 1.7% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42079216900 compare to Harleigh overall?

Tract 42079216900 scores 3.4/10, right in line with the parent city of Harleigh at 3.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harleigh; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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