Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Homestead Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Munhall
Tract 42003484300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,523 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 42003484300 reflects conditions in the Homestead Park area of Munhall, Pennsylvania. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,109 a month against an average household income of $70,313 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,463
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate11.8%
Median income$70,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Munhall and the region
Centroid at 40.4060, -79.8964 · click any tract to drill in
Why Homestead Park scores 4.4
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
11.8% poverty · this tract
3.0
Supply constraint
$1,109 rent vs county FMR
3.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Munhall
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Munhall
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Munhall
5.4
How Homestead Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 20%Grade C
- 25%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)
- 280Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2000)
- 41Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% 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
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 Munhall, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 25% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 280 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 7.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.8% of renter households in 2000.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003484300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003484300?
Census tract 42003484300 in the Homestead Park neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (Moderate 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 42003484300?
Median gross rent is $1,109/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003484300?
11.8% of residents in tract 42003484300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,523.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003484300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 58th, minority 53th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 42003484300 considered part of Homestead Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003484300 fall within Homestead Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003484300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 280 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003484300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.06% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003484300 compare to Munhall overall?
Tract 42003484300 scores 4.4/10, 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 42003484300 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. 25% 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 Munhall
Top eight tracts in Munhall ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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