Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally
Upper Lawrenceville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Etna
Tract 42003101100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,537 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42003101100 is a census tract in the Upper Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh, PA. It scores 6.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,537. At $1,650 a month, rents run 31% over what the rest of Pittsburgh commands.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,143
Renter share42.2%
SVI overall0.12
Poverty rate13.9%
Median income$84,609
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Etna and the region
Centroid at 40.4843, -79.9493 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper Lawrenceville scores 6.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Etna
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.9% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,650 rent vs county FMR
7.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Etna
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Etna
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Etna
6.0
How Upper Lawrenceville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 12
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 34%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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
- 34%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 576Total filings over 7 yrs
- 17.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.9%Peak (2003)
- 84Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Upper Lawrenceville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper Lawrenceville
The voucher gap is 28.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. What pushes it up most is supply constraint at 7.9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 576 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 17.9% of renter households were served. 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 17.1% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 2.1/10 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 42003101100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003101100?
Census tract 42003101100 in the Upper 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 42003101100?
Median gross rent is $1,650/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003101100?
13.9% of residents in tract 42003101100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,537.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003101100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 12th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 34th, household 2th, minority 25th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 42003101100 considered part of Upper Lawrenceville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003101100 fall within Upper Lawrenceville (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003101100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 576 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003101100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 17.13% of renter households, peaking at 17.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003101100 compare to Etna overall?
Tract 42003101100 scores 6.2/10, higher than the parent city of Etna at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Etna; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003101100 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. 16% 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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