Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Billy Buck Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003170600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,630 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42003170600 is a census tract in the Billy Buck Hill area of Pittsburgh, PA. It scores 6.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,630 residents. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.9 points.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units875
Renter share55.2%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$58,433
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4226, -79.9847 · click any tract to drill in
Why Billy Buck Hill scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,236 rent vs county FMR
4.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsburgh
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
How Billy Buck Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 6%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%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
- 25%Grade C
- 70%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)
- 148Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.1%Peak (2006)
- 28Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 40% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Billy Buck Hill
Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 7.8/10.
Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 40.6% across Allegheny County. The filing record is not thin: 148 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2006 at 6.1% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 5.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.3 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,236, close to the Pittsburgh average.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003170600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003170600?
Census tract 42003170600 in the Billy Buck Hill neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 42003170600?
Median gross rent is $1,236/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003170600?
15.6% of residents in tract 42003170600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,630.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003170600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 6th, minority 35th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 42003170600 considered part of Billy Buck Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003170600 fall within Billy Buck Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003170600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003170600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.40% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003170600 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003170600 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittsburgh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003170600 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. 70% 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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