Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Homestead Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Munhall
Tract 42003483800 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,905 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 42003483800 in the Homestead Park area of Homestead, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,905 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.7/10.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,437
Renter share63.0%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$38,661
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Munhall and the region
Centroid at 40.4073, -79.9099 · click any tract to drill in
Why Homestead Park scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Munhall
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$874 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Munhall
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Munhall
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Munhall
7.0
How Homestead Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 85%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 7%Grade C
- 76%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)
- 628Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2004)
- 92Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Homestead Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Homestead Park
It sits 2.3 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.8/10.
49% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Allegheny County average of 40.6%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. 13% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 628 filings here across 7 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2004 at 10.8% of renter households.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 9.2% 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 9.6/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003483800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003483800?
Census tract 42003483800 in the Homestead Park 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 42003483800?
Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003483800?
16.3% of residents in tract 42003483800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,905.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003483800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 100th, minority 79th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 42003483800 considered part of Homestead Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003483800 fall within Homestead Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003483800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 628 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003483800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.24% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003483800 compare to Munhall overall?
Tract 42003483800 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Munhall at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Munhall; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003483800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 76% 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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