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Homestead Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Munhall

Tract 42003484600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,815 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

Census tract 42003484600 sits in the Homestead Park neighborhood of Munhall, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. It lands near the 74th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

57% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $767 a month while the average household earns $40,455 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 21% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units918
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate17.7%
Median income$40,455

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Homestead Park
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Munhall
Very High
Within county
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#110 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#757 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Munhall and the region

Centroid at 40.3923, -79.9008 · click any tract to drill in

Why Homestead Park scores 5.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
17.7% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$767 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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.
Homestead Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.35.3This tracttract 484600Munhall: 4.14.1Munhallparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 80

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 61Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.58%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.0%Peak (2003)
  • 10Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420034846002000: 11 filings (3.12/100 renter HHs)2001: 2 filings (0.57/100 renter HHs)2002: 7 filings (1.99/100 renter HHs)2003: 14 filings (3.98/100 renter HHs)2004: 9 filings (2.56/100 renter HHs)2005: 8 filings (2.58/100 renter HHs)2006: 10 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)
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

What moves this score most 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 above the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003484600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003484600?

Census tract 42003484600 in the Homestead Park neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 42003484600?

Median gross rent is $767/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003484600?

17.7% of residents in tract 42003484600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,815.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003484600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 29th, minority 36th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 42003484600 considered part of Homestead Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003484600 fall within Homestead Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003484600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 61 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003484600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.58% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003484600 compare to Munhall overall?

Tract 42003484600 scores 5.3/10, 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 42003484600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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 Munhall

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

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