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Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

Rainbow Eviction Risk: Elevated , White Oak

Tract 42003551300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,303 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi

42003551300 is a census tract in the Rainbow area of McKeesport, PA. It scores 6.2/10 for landlords. Severe burden reaches 37%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 9% Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units955
Renter share15.6%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$59,743

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Rainbow
Very High
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 9 tracts In White Oak
Very Low
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#114 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#570 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across White Oak and the region

Centroid at 40.3317, -79.8284 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rainbow scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from White Oak
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$844 rent vs county FMR
1.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from White Oak
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from White Oak
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from White Oak
9.0

How Rainbow compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rainbow risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.2This tracttract 5513004.0White Oakparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 27

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)

  • 93Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.87%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.9%Peak (2001)
  • 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42003551300
Filings climbed 17% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Rainbow. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rainbow

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10.

Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. The filing record is not thin: 93 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2001, when 8.9% of renter households were served.

In a typical year about 6.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 16% 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.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Against average income of $59,743, annual rent is just 17%.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 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 42003551300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003551300?

Census tract 42003551300 in the Rainbow neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 42003551300?

Median gross rent is $844/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003551300?

8.0% of residents in tract 42003551300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,303.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003551300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 71th, minority 14th, housing 21th.
Q5

Is tract 42003551300 considered part of Rainbow?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003551300 fall within Rainbow (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003551300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 93 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003551300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.87% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003551300 compare to White Oak overall?

Tract 42003551300 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of White Oak at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from White Oak; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in White Oak

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

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