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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,885 of 84,120 nationally

Hill District Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003051100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 458 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 42003051100 sits in Hill District in Pittsburgh eviction risk, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. On the national scale it ranks #5,121 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 60% of renter households, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is about $1,040 a month. Renters make up 100% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 60% Stable renters 40% Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units292
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate86.8%

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Hill District
Moderate
Within parent city
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#34 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Elevated
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#57 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#398 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4416, -79.9764 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hill District scores 6.1

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
86.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,040 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Hill District compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hill District risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.16.1This tracttract 051100Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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)

  • 2,335Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 62.51%Avg annual filing rate
  • 79.7%Peak (2003)
  • 348Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420030511002000: 197 filings (35.52/100 renter HHs)2001: 398 filings (71.77/100 renter HHs)2002: 436 filings (78.62/100 renter HHs)2003: 442 filings (79.70/100 renter HHs)2004: 240 filings (43.28/100 renter HHs)2005: 274 filings (56.68/100 renter HHs)2006: 348 filings (71.99/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 77% over the past 7 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hill District

The score leans hardest on economic stress 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 above 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003051100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003051100?

Census tract 42003051100 in the Hill District neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 42003051100?

Median gross rent is $1,040/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003051100?

86.8% of residents in tract 42003051100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 458.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003051100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 78th, minority 86th, housing 27th.
Q5

Is tract 42003051100 considered part of Hill District?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003051100 fall within Hill District (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003051100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 2,335 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003051100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 62.51% of renter households, peaking at 79.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003051100 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003051100 scores 6.1/10, higher 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 42003051100 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. 100% 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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