Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Upper Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003050600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,960 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
42003050600 is a census tract in the Upper Hill area of Pittsburgh, PA. It scores 7/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,960 residents. It sits 2.0 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units798
Renter share48.0%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$40,735
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
60
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4536, -79.9600 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper Hill scores 7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$918 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Upper Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
- 0%Grade B
- 95%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 122Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2000)
- 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper Hill
Average gross rent is $918, 27% below the Pittsburgh average. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 7.8/10.
Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.2/10. The filing record is not thin: 122 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.9/10. Filings peaked in 2000 at 7.0% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 6.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.
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 42003050600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003050600?
Census tract 42003050600 in the Upper Hill neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 42003050600?
Median gross rent is $918/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003050600?
11.7% of residents in tract 42003050600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,960.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003050600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 93th, minority 87th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 42003050600 considered part of Upper Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003050600 fall within Upper Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003050600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003050600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.03% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003050600 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003050600 scores 7/10, higher 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 42003050600 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. 1% 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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