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Strip District Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003020300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,471 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

The Moderate-tier score of 5.4/10 for census tract 42003020300 reflects conditions in Strip District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That is riskier than about 52% of US census tracts.

About 20% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $2,225 monthly, set against $114,109 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 90% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 72% Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,227
Renter share90.3%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate7.2%
Median income$114,109

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Strip District
Moderate
Within parent city
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#120 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Very Low
Within county
49 th percentile
Rank, 49th percentileLowHigh
#201 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#1,501 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4545, -79.9813 · click any tract to drill in

Why Strip District scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.2% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$2,225 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsburgh
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0

How Strip District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Strip District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 020300Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 11

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)

  • 51Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 8.69%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.1%Peak (2000)
  • 8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420030203002000: 10 filings (14.08/100 renter HHs)2001: 10 filings (14.08/100 renter HHs)2002: 8 filings (11.27/100 renter HHs)2003: 3 filings (4.23/100 renter HHs)2004: 6 filings (8.45/100 renter HHs)2005: 6 filings (3.75/100 renter HHs)2006: 8 filings (5.00/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 7 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Strip District

The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pittsburgh eviction risk, 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 in line with 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 39% 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 51 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 8.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 14.1% of renter households in 2000.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42003020300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003020300?

Census tract 42003020300 in the Strip District neighborhood scores 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 42003020300?

Median gross rent is $2,225/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 20% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003020300?

7.2% of residents in tract 42003020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,471.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003020300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 16th, household 1th, minority 34th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 42003020300 considered part of Strip District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003020300 fall within Strip District (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003020300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 51 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003020300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.69% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003020300 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003020300 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 4.9/10. 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 42003020300 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. 39% 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.
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