Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
North Gate Eviction Risk: Elevated , Hazleton
Tract 42079217500 · Luzerne County, PA · pop 3,122 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 42079217500 covers part of the North Gate area of Hazleton, PA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,122 residents. The severe-burden share is 43%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,214
Renter share61.3%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate32.2%
Median income$37,820
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Hazleton and the region
Centroid at 40.9564, -75.9767 · click any tract to drill in
Why North Gate scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Hazleton
4.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
32.2% poverty · this tract
8.0
Supply constraint
$1,034 rent vs county FMR
4.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Hazleton
8.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Hazleton
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Hazleton
8.5
How North Gate compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%Housing & transportation
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)
- 105Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.04%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.4%Peak (2000)
- 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within North Gate. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in North Gate
Cost burden runs 63% here against 38.9% across Luzerne County. It sits 2.8 points above the Luzerne County average of 4.5.
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, housing-court posture reads 8.5/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $37,820 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 8/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 105 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2000 at 3.4% of renter households.
In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42079217500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42079217500?
Census tract 42079217500 in the North Gate neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated 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 42079217500?
Median gross rent is $1,034/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42079217500?
32.2% of residents in tract 42079217500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,122.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42079217500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 83th, minority 84th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 42079217500 considered part of North Gate?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42079217500 fall within North Gate (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42079217500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 105 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42079217500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.04% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42079217500 compare to Hazleton overall?
Tract 42079217500 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Hazleton at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Hazleton eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Hazleton
Top eight tracts in Hazleton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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