Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation
The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.
The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.
Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.
Lackawanna County — Social Vulnerability Index
Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Lackawanna County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (6 to 35)Lower-middle (37 to 58)Middle (59 to 72)Upper-middle (75 to 87)Higher (87 to 99)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.
The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.
Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.
Median tract: 68th percentile (among tracts in PA).
These tracts span the 6th percentile to the 99th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Widest spread across these tracts: Household Characteristics — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.
The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Well above the median — 19 tracts (80th–100th percentile)
Tract 1025.00 (pop. 3,149) — 99th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 1029.00 (pop. 3,825) — 98th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 1019.00 (pop. 1,366) — 96th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1012.00 (pop. 2,912) — 94th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 1006.00 (pop. 4,660) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 1002.00 (pop. 2,929) — 93rd percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 1023.00 (pop. 3,163) — 91st percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1020.00 (pop. 2,447) — 91st percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1013.00 (pop. 2,904) — 89th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 1009.00 (pop. 1,523) — 89th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1107.00 (pop. 2,728) — 87th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1004.00 (pop. 1,942) — 87th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1003.00 (pop. 4,442) — 87th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 1018.00 (pop. 4,457) — 86th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1125.00 (pop. 6,265) — 86th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 1021.00 (pop. 2,439) — 84th percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 1030.00 (pop. 2,197) — 83rd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1027.00 (pop. 2,727) — 83rd percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 1026.00 (pop. 2,071) — 81st percentile — Well above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Above the median — 16 tracts (60th–80th percentile)
Tract 1128.00 (pop. 5,973) — 79th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1014.00 (pop. 2,706) — 78th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 1108.00 (pop. 2,789) — 78th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1005.00 (pop. 2,260) — 76th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above).
Tract 1016.00 (pop. 2,357) — 75th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above), Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1116.00 (pop. 2,717) — 72nd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1011.00 (pop. 2,524) — 71st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1115.00 (pop. 3,306) — 69th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1112.00 (pop. 6,662) — 69th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1010.00 (pop. 3,066) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1126.00 (pop. 5,400) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1109.00 (pop. 3,272) — 68th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 1017.00 (pop. 3,219) — 66th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1117.00 (pop. 4,081) — 65th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Household Characteristics (well above); below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1118.02 (pop. 4,929) — 64th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1008.00 (pop. 2,867) — 63rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Near the median — 11 tracts (40th–60th percentile)
Tract 1104.03 (pop. 3,099) — 59th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1127.00 (pop. 3,173) — 58th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 1106.00 (pop. 2,968) — 56th percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1123.00 (pop. 2,863) — 56th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1022.00 (pop. 2,419) — 56th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1114.00 (pop. 5,381) — 50th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 1129.01 (pop. 3,996) — 48th percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 1120.00 (pop. 4,878) — 45th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1122.00 (pop. 2,559) — 41st percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1103.00 (pop. 4,310) — 41st percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1110.00 (pop. 2,141) — 40th percentile — Near the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Below the median — 7 tracts (20th–40th percentile)
Tract 1121.00 (pop. 3,881) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1129.02 (pop. 5,636) — 37th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1124.00 (pop. 4,194) — 35th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 1031.00 (pop. 1,970) — 34th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1101.00 (pop. 3,276) — 33rd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics; below the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1102.01 (pop. 4,103) — 26th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1113.00 (pop. 4,495) — 22nd percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Well below the median — 7 tracts (0th–20th percentile)
Tract 1104.02 (pop. 2,682) — 18th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1111.00 (pop. 7,404) — 17th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1028.00 (pop. 3,492) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1118.01 (pop. 3,828) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1104.01 (pop. 7,360) — 9th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1105.00 (pop. 5,122) — 7th percentile — Well below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 1102.02 (pop. 4,642) — 6th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in PA. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.