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Census Tract · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Whitehall Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 42003477100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,902

42003477100 is a census tract in Whitehall, PA. It scores 3.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,902. Severe burden reaches 60%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
3.2
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 parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Whitehall
Very Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#298 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Low
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#2,601 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Low
National
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#63,308 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
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 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Whitehall risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 4771004.0Whitehallparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

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.

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)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42003477100
Comparable tracts

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whitehall

Cost burden runs 60% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.8 points.

The main counterweight is economic stress at 2.1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 9 filings here across 6 tracked years.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 6.9/10. The worst year on record was 2004, when 2.6% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 6% 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.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4/10.

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 42003477100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003477100?

Census tract 42003477100 in Whitehall scores 3.2/10 (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 3.2/10, 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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