Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Lawrenceville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003090200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,657 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 42003090200 sits in the Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.2/10. Population here is 2,657. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 37%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,382
Renter share55.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate14.4%
Median income$83,167
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
38
th percentile
Low
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4689, -79.9571 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawrenceville scores 6.2
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
14.4% poverty · this tract
3.6
Supply constraint
$1,250 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Lawrenceville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 91%Grade C
- 2%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)
- 205Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2002)
- 23Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawrenceville
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10. around a third of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Allegheny County average of 40.6%. It sits 1.2 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0.
Court records carry 205 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 5.5% 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 4.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 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 42003090200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003090200?
Census tract 42003090200 in the Lawrenceville neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 42003090200?
Median gross rent is $1,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003090200?
14.4% of residents in tract 42003090200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,657.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003090200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 9th, minority 20th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 42003090200 considered part of Lawrenceville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003090200 fall within Lawrenceville (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003090200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 205 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003090200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.08% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003090200 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003090200 scores 6.2/10, 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 42003090200 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. 2% 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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