West Mifflin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003488600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 5,041
For landlords sizing up West Mifflin in Allegheny County, census tract 42003488600 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.2/10. That is riskier than roughly 45% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 30% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 4% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $92,944 a year. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across West Mifflin and the region
Centroid at 40.3348, -79.9160 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Mifflin scores 3.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow West Mifflin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
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)
- 204Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2004)
- 36Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
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What drives eviction risk in West Mifflin
What moves this score most is housing court bias at 5.3/10. 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 West Mifflin eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 204 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.3% of renter households in 2004.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
About tract 42003488600
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Highest-risk tracts in West Mifflin
Top eight tracts in West Mifflin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.