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Census Tract · Ranked #42,813 of 84,120 nationally

Whitehall Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42003477300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 6,518

With a score of 4.4/10, tract 42003477300 in Whitehall, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,518. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 23% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units2,894
Renter share39.1%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$65,608

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Whitehall
Very High
Within county
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#230 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Moderate
Within state
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#1,584 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
National
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#42,813 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Whitehall and the region

Centroid at 40.3567, -79.9777 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitehall scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Whitehall
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$756 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Whitehall
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Whitehall
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Whitehall
5.7

How Whitehall compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Whitehall risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.4This tracttract 4773004.0Whitehallparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 69

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 1,067Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 14.19%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.3%Peak (2000)
  • 150Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42003477300
Filings dropped 17% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

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Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whitehall

18% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.

At $756 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Whitehall commands. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.6/10.

The filing record is not thin: 1,067 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2000 at 15.3% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

In a typical year about 14.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #42,813 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $65,608, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. 42% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.

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 42003477300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003477300?

Census tract 42003477300 in Whitehall scores 4.4/10 (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 42003477300?

Median gross rent is $756/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003477300?

10.3% of residents in tract 42003477300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,518.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003477300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 86th, minority 54th, housing 59th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003477300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,067 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003477300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.19% of renter households, peaking at 15.3% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42003477300 compare to Whitehall overall?

Tract 42003477300 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Whitehall at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Whitehall eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 42003477300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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 Whitehall

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

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