Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Stanton Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003100500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,023 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
42003100500 is a census tract in the Stanton Heights area of Pittsburgh, PA. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,023. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units896
Renter share26.3%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate14.8%
Median income$71,806
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4772, -79.9370 · click any tract to drill in
Why Stanton Heights scores 6.5
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
14.8% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,083 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 Stanton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 61
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 64%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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
- 3%Grade B
- 20%Grade C
- 6%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)
- 127Total filings over 7 yrs
- 13.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 23.1%Peak (2004)
- 19Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 90% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Stanton Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Stanton Heights
Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 7.8/10. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points.
The filing record is not thin: 127 evictions over 7 years of observation. At $1,083 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Pittsburgh commands.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 23.1% 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 13.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 82% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.9 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003100500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003100500?
Census tract 42003100500 in the Stanton Heights neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 42003100500?
Median gross rent is $1,083/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003100500?
14.8% of residents in tract 42003100500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,023.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003100500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 64th, minority 79th, housing 56th.
Q5
Is tract 42003100500 considered part of Stanton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003100500 fall within Stanton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003100500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 127 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003100500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.21% of renter households, peaking at 23.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003100500 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003100500 scores 6.5/10, 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 42003100500 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. 6% 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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