Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Bloomfield Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003090300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,473 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 42003090300 in the Bloomfield area of Pittsburgh, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,473 residents. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 7.8/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units820
Renter share54.6%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$74,342
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4643, -79.9529 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bloomfield scores 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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,126 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Bloomfield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 31%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 17%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 210Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.16%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.5%Peak (2005)
- 39Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 105% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bloomfield. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bloomfield
Severe burden reaches 17%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
Cost burden runs around a third here against 40.6% across Allegheny County. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 210 evictions over 7 years of observation.
At $1,126 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Pittsburgh commands. The worst year on record was 2005, when 8.5% of renter households were served. 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 6.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 78th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003090300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003090300?
Census tract 42003090300 in the Bloomfield neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 42003090300?
Median gross rent is $1,126/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003090300?
10.1% of residents in tract 42003090300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,473.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003090300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 2th, minority 17th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 42003090300 considered part of Bloomfield?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003090300 fall within Bloomfield (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003090300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 210 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003090300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.16% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003090300 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003090300 scores 6/10, right in line with 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 42003090300 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. 0% 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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