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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Riverview Eviction Risk: Elevated , McKeesport

Tract 42003552300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,586 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi

Census tract 42003552300 covers part of the Riverview area of McKeesport, PA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,586. The severe-burden share is 41%, 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 18% Stable renters 16% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units773
Renter share34.2%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate49.0%
Median income$27,321

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 4 tracts In Riverview
Very Low
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 9 tracts In McKeesport
Very High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Very High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#207 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across McKeesport and the region

Centroid at 40.3418, -79.8514 · click any tract to drill in

Why Riverview scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from McKeesport
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
49.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,074 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from McKeesport
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from McKeesport
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from McKeesport
9.0

How Riverview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Riverview risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 5523005.9McKeesportparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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)

  • 344Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 11.44%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.7%Peak (2004)
  • 50Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42003552300
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Riverview. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Riverview

The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 49%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 47% of average household income of $27,321, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.2/10. Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.

On the high side, housing-court posture reads 9/10. At $1,074 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of McKeesport commands.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 344 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 12.7% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 11.4% 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 42003552300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003552300?

Census tract 42003552300 in the Riverview 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 42003552300?

Median gross rent is $1,074/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003552300?

49.0% of residents in tract 42003552300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,586.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003552300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 65th, minority 80th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 42003552300 considered part of Riverview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003552300 fall within Riverview (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003552300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 344 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003552300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.44% of renter households, peaking at 12.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003552300 compare to McKeesport overall?

Tract 42003552300 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of McKeesport at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from McKeesport eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in McKeesport

Top eight tracts in McKeesport ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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