Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Whitehall Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003477100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,902
How risky is Whitehall for landlords? Census tract 42003477100 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 60% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $102,286 a year. About 6% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,814
Renter share5.6%
SVI overall0.34
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$102,286
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
20
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Whitehall and the region
Centroid at 40.3585, -80.0050 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitehall scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Whitehall
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitehall
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitehall
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitehall
5.7
How Whitehall compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 34
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 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)
- 9Total filings over 6 yrs
- 2.54%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak (2004)
- 2Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitehall
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.9/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Whitehall eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and above 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 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003477100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003477100?
Census tract 42003477100 in Whitehall scores 2.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42003477100?
8.3% of residents in tract 42003477100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,902.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003477100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 74th, minority 15th, housing 45th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003477100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 9 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42003477100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.54% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
How does tract 42003477100 compare to Whitehall overall?
Tract 42003477100 scores 2.4/10, lower than the parent city of Whitehall at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitehall eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q6
Was tract 42003477100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Whitehall
Top eight tracts in Whitehall ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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