Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally
Polish Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Duquesne
Tract 42003060500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,203 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 42003060500, home to 1,203 residents in the Polish Hill area of Duquesne, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
52% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,028 a month against an average household income of $51,607 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 50% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units579
Renter share49.7%
SVI overall0.35
Poverty rate14.5%
Median income$51,607
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Duquesne and the region
Centroid at 40.4576, -79.9662 · click any tract to drill in
Why Polish Hill scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Duquesne
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
14.5% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,028 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Duquesne
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Duquesne
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Duquesne
6.0
How Polish Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 35
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 20%Household composition
- 26%Racial/ethnic minority
- 46%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 33%Grade C
- 42%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)
- 118Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.1%Peak (2000)
- 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Polish Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Polish Hill
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Duquesne, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 118 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.1% of renter households in 2000.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 42% 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.
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 42003060500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003060500?
Census tract 42003060500 in the Polish Hill neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 42003060500?
Median gross rent is $1,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003060500?
14.5% of residents in tract 42003060500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,203.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003060500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 35th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 20th, minority 26th, housing 46th.
Q5
Is tract 42003060500 considered part of Polish Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003060500 fall within Polish Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003060500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 118 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003060500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.72% of renter households, peaking at 6.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003060500 compare to Duquesne overall?
Tract 42003060500 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Duquesne at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Duquesne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003060500 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. 42% 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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