Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Perry North Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003429700 ·
Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,252 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 42003429700 sits in the Perry North area of Allegheny County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. It is home to 2,252 residents. 56% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Allegheny County average of 40.6%.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%Stable renters 6%Owners 86%
Tract context
Occupied units969
Renter share13.7%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate10.7%
Median income$61,571
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0th percentile
#4 of 4 tracts In Perry North
Very Low
Within county
47th percentile
#208 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Moderate
Within state
59th percentile
#1,400 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
National
55th percentile
#37,882 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4993, -80.0339 · click any tract to drill in
Why Perry North scores 4.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
$1,332 rent vs county FMR
5.4
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 Perry North compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
45%Socioeconomic
40%Household composition
4%Racial/ethnic minority
43%Housing & transportation
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.
0%Grade A
19%Grade B
9%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)
43Total filings over 6 yrs
5.11%Avg annual filing rate
6.2%Peak (2004)
8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year2000 to 2006
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Perry North. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 43 evictions over 6 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2004 at 6.2% of renter households.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 5.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 14% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
It tracks the Allegheny County average of 5.0 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,332 a month.
Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $61,571.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003429700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003429700?
Census tract 42003429700 in the Perry North neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 42003429700?
Median gross rent is $1,332/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003429700?
10.7% of residents in tract 42003429700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,252.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003429700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 40th, minority 4th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42003429700 considered part of Perry North?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003429700 fall within Perry North (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003429700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 43 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42003429700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.11% of renter households, peaking at 6.2% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003429700 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003429700 scores 4.7/10, 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 42003429700 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. 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.