Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Friendship Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003080700 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,034 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
42003080700 is a census tract in the Friendship area of Pittsburgh, PA. It scores 6.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,034 residents. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 45%
Owners 10%
Tract context
Occupied units1,292
Renter share89.6%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$57,754
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4610, -79.9344 · click any tract to drill in
Why Friendship scores 6.4
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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,233 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Friendship compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 36
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 44%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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
- 99%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)
- 420Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.2%Peak (2006)
- 71Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Friendship. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Friendship
This is renter territory: 90% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Cost burden runs 50% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10.
Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.4/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 420 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 8.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pittsburgh. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 6.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #16,032 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.2/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003080700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003080700?
Census tract 42003080700 in the Friendship neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 42003080700?
Median gross rent is $1,233/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003080700?
9.6% of residents in tract 42003080700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,034.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003080700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 44th, household 1th, minority 58th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 42003080700 considered part of Friendship?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003080700 fall within Friendship (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003080700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 420 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003080700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.63% of renter households, peaking at 8.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003080700 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003080700 scores 6.4/10, 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 42003080700 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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