Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #35,899 of 84,120 nationally
Morningside Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003101400 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,301 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42003101400 (the Morningside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) comes in at 5.3/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 49th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
28% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 10% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,087 a month against an average household income of $85,641 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 28% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,466
Renter share28.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate5.4%
Median income$85,641
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4852, -79.9270 · click any tract to drill in
Why Morningside scores 4.3
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
5.4% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,087 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 Morningside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 37%Grade B
- 15%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)
- 266Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.35%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2006)
- 49Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Morningside. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Morningside
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Pittsburgh eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 266 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 7.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 9.0% of renter households in 2006.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003101400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003101400?
Census tract 42003101400 in the Morningside neighborhood scores 4.3/10 (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 42003101400?
Median gross rent is $1,087/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003101400?
5.4% of residents in tract 42003101400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,301.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003101400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 47th, minority 24th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 42003101400 considered part of Morningside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003101400 fall within Morningside (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003101400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 266 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003101400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.35% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003101400 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003101400 scores 4.3/10, lower than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 4.9/10. 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 42003101400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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