Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Polish Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Duquesne
Tract 42003486800 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,506 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 42003486800 covers part of the Polish Hill area of Duquesne, PA, and scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units559
Renter share50.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate24.0%
Median income$44,844
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Duquesne and the region
Centroid at 40.3719, -79.8426 · click any tract to drill in
Why Polish Hill scores 6.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Duquesne
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
24.0% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$641 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Duquesne
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Duquesne
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Duquesne
7.6
How Polish Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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
- 43%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 211Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2001)
- 32Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Polish Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Polish Hill
The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.
Cost burden runs 45% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 211 filings here across 7 tracked years.
At $641 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Duquesne commands. Filings peaked in 2001 at 9.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pittsburgh. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 8.8% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003486800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003486800?
Census tract 42003486800 in the Polish Hill neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 42003486800?
Median gross rent is $641/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003486800?
24.0% of residents in tract 42003486800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,506.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003486800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 97th, minority 79th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 42003486800 considered part of Polish Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003486800 fall within Polish Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003486800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 211 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003486800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.84% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003486800 compare to Duquesne overall?
Tract 42003486800 scores 6.4/10, higher than the parent city of Duquesne at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Duquesne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003486800 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. 1% 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 Duquesne
Top eight tracts in Duquesne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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