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Neighborhood · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally

Homeville Eviction Risk: Lower , West Mifflin

Tract 42003488100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,001 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

The Homeville neighborhood of West Mifflin anchors census tract 42003488100, which lands at 5.1/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

About 33% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $906 a month against an average household income of $72,692 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.

Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 11% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units954
Renter share17.1%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$72,692

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Homeville
Very Low
Within parent city
20 th percentile
Rank, 20th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 6 tracts In West Mifflin
Low
Within county
37 th percentile
Rank, 37th percentileLowHigh
#247 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Low
Within state
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#1,935 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across West Mifflin and the region

Centroid at 40.3868, -79.8877 · click any tract to drill in

Why Homeville scores 3.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from West Mifflin
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$906 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Mifflin
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Mifflin
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Mifflin
5.3

How Homeville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Homeville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.33.3This tracttract 488100West Mifflin: 4.24.2West Mifflinparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 8

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

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.

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)

  • 38Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.2%Peak (2002)
  • 2Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420034881002000: 5 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2001: 5 filings (4.02/100 renter HHs)2002: 9 filings (7.23/100 renter HHs)2003: 6 filings (4.82/100 renter HHs)2004: 7 filings (5.62/100 renter HHs)2005: 4 filings (2.34/100 renter HHs)2006: 2 filings (1.17/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 60% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Homeville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Homeville

What moves this score most is housing court bias at 5.3/10. 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 West Mifflin eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 54% 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003488100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003488100?

Census tract 42003488100 in the Homeville neighborhood scores 3.3/10 (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 42003488100?

Median gross rent is $906/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003488100?

5.9% of residents in tract 42003488100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,001.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003488100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 4th, minority 19th, housing 5th.
Q5

Is tract 42003488100 considered part of Homeville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003488100 fall within Homeville (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003488100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 38 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003488100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.17% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003488100 compare to West Mifflin overall?

Tract 42003488100 scores 3.3/10, lower than the parent city of West Mifflin at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Mifflin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42003488100 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. 54% 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 West Mifflin

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

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