Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Regent Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Swissvale
Tract 42003560500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,212 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 42003560500 sits in the Regent Square area of Wilkinsburg eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It is home to 2,212 residents. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,406
Renter share57.0%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$94,952
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swissvale and the region
Centroid at 40.4378, -79.8913 · click any tract to drill in
Why Regent Square scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Swissvale
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,162 rent vs county FMR
4.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swissvale
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swissvale
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swissvale
6.9
How Regent Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 7
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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
- 40%Grade B
- 60%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)
- 349Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2002)
- 53Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Regent Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Regent Square
27% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Allegheny County average of 40.6%. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. Court records carry 349 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Average gross rent is $1,162, 13% above the Wilkinsburg average. The worst year on record was 2002, when 7.4% 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 6.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003560500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003560500?
Census tract 42003560500 in the Regent Square neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 42003560500?
Median gross rent is $1,162/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003560500?
8.4% of residents in tract 42003560500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,212.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003560500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 1th, minority 26th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 42003560500 considered part of Regent Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003560500 fall within Regent Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003560500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 349 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003560500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.83% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003560500 compare to Swissvale overall?
Tract 42003560500 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Swissvale at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Swissvale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003560500 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
Highest-risk tracts in Swissvale
Top eight tracts in Swissvale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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