Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
West View Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003430200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,608
How risky is West View in Allegheny County for landlords? Census tract 42003430200 scores 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #27,635 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $988 a month against an average household income of $81,412 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,925
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate2.7%
Median income$81,412
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
National
15
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West View and the region
Centroid at 40.5199, -80.0374 · click any tract to drill in
Why West View scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West View
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
2.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$988 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from West View
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West View
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from West View
5.3
How West View compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 25%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
- 78%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 144Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.8%Peak (2002)
- 22Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West View
The heaviest input here is rent-control risk at 6.7/10. 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 View, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 17th 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003430200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003430200?
Census tract 42003430200 in West View scores 2.2/10 (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 42003430200?
Median gross rent is $988/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003430200?
2.7% of residents in tract 42003430200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,608.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003430200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 8th, minority 20th, housing 25th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003430200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 144 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003430200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.97% of renter households, peaking at 3.8% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42003430200 compare to West View overall?
Tract 42003430200 scores 2.2/10, lower than the parent city of West View at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West View; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 42003430200 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in West View
Top eight tracts in West View ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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