Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Allentown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003180700 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,259 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 42003180700 sits in the Allentown eviction risk area of Pittsburgh eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 42%
Owners 34%
Tract context
Occupied units1,014
Renter share66.3%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate29.8%
Median income$58,396
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4247, -80.0013 · click any tract to drill in
Why Allentown scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
29.8% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$1,397 rent vs county FMR
5.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsburgh
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
How Allentown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 59%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%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
- 100%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)
- 169Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2000)
- 19Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Allentown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Allentown
Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 30%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
This is renter territory: 66% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10.
On the high side, economic stress reads 7.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 169 filings here across 7 tracked years. At $1,397 a month, rents run 11% over what the rest of Pittsburgh commands.
The worst year on record was 2000, when 7.1% 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 6.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.6/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003180700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003180700?
Census tract 42003180700 in the Allentown 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 42003180700?
Median gross rent is $1,397/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003180700?
29.8% of residents in tract 42003180700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,259.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003180700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 59th, household 48th, minority 55th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 42003180700 considered part of Allentown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003180700 fall within Allentown (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003180700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 169 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003180700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.25% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003180700 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003180700 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittsburgh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003180700 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.
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