Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Central Lawrenceville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003090100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,073 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 42003090100 in the Central Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,073 residents. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,284
Renter share59.0%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$99,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4753, -79.9617 · click any tract to drill in
Why Central Lawrenceville scores 5.6
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
$1,570 rent vs county FMR
7.3
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 Central Lawrenceville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 47%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
- 0%Grade C
- 54%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)
- 253Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.62%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2003)
- 35Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Central Lawrenceville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Central Lawrenceville
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10. At $1,570 a month, rents run 25% over what the rest of Pittsburgh commands.
The voucher gap is 22.7%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the high side, supply constraint reads 7.3/10.
Court records carry 253 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.9/10. Filings peaked in 2003 at 9.3% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 7.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 37% of renters.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003090100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003090100?
Census tract 42003090100 in the Central Lawrenceville neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 42003090100?
Median gross rent is $1,570/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003090100?
11.7% of residents in tract 42003090100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,073.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003090100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 1th, minority 36th, housing 47th.
Q5
Is tract 42003090100 considered part of Central Lawrenceville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003090100 fall within Central Lawrenceville (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003090100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 253 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003090100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.62% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003090100 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003090100 scores 5.6/10, lower 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 42003090100 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. 54% 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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