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East Hills Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003130600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,505 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

In the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh, census tract 42003130600 scores $1/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 94% of US census tracts.

63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $15,912 a year. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 24% Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,193
Renter share64.4%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate52.9%
Median income$15,912

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In East Hills
Very High
Within parent city
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Very High
Within county
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#12 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4539, -79.8753 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Hills scores 7.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
52.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 East Hills compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.27.2This tracttract 130600Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 86

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 776Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 14.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 31.0%Peak (2005)
  • 100Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420031306002000: 76 filings (8.52/100 renter HHs)2001: 154 filings (17.27/100 renter HHs)2002: 91 filings (10.20/100 renter HHs)2003: 49 filings (5.49/100 renter HHs)2004: 115 filings (12.90/100 renter HHs)2005: 191 filings (30.99/100 renter HHs)2006: 100 filings (16.22/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Hills

The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pittsburgh eviction risk, 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 86th 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 42003130600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003130600?

Census tract 42003130600 in the East Hills neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42003130600?

52.9% of residents in tract 42003130600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,505.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003130600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 88th, minority 92th, housing 51th.
Q4

Is tract 42003130600 considered part of East Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003130600 fall within East Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003130600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 776 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003130600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.51% of renter households, peaking at 31.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42003130600 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003130600 scores 7.2/10, higher than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 4.9/10. 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.
Q7

Was tract 42003130600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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

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

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