Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Fairywood Eviction Risk: Lower , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003460002 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,716 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
42003460002 is a census tract in the Fairywood area of Allegheny County, PA. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,716. Cost burden runs 18% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units1,562
Renter share26.4%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$105,759
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4663, -80.1007 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairywood scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittsburgh
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.7% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,707 rent vs county FMR
8.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsburgh
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsburgh
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsburgh
5.0
How Fairywood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 16%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 301Total filings over 7 yrs
- 23.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.6%Peak (2006)
- 54Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Fairywood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairywood
The voucher gap is 33.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. The dominant input is supply constraint at 8.3/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 301 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2006, when 22.6% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 23.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points cooler. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003460002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003460002?
Census tract 42003460002 in the Fairywood neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 42003460002?
Median gross rent is $1,707/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003460002?
10.7% of residents in tract 42003460002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,716.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003460002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 58th, minority 12th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 42003460002 considered part of Fairywood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003460002 fall within Fairywood (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003460002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 301 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003460002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 23.05% of renter households, peaking at 22.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003460002 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003460002 scores 3.6/10, lower 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 42003460002 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.
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