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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,643 of 84,120 nationally

Highland Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003110200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,054 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 42003110200, home to 4,054 residents in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh, scores 5.8/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #27,625 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 42% of renter households, a severe level, and 3% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,349 monthly, set against $98,750 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 57% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 33% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units2,120
Renter share56.6%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate7.1%
Median income$98,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Highland Park
Low
Within parent city
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#117 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Very Low
Within county
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#192 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Moderate
Within state
60 th percentile
Rank, 60th percentileLowHigh
#1,388 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4755, -79.9231 · click any tract to drill in

Why Highland Park scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.1% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,349 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 Highland Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Highland Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.24.2This tracttract 110200Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 9

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 902Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 10.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.5%Peak (2001)
  • 137Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420031102002000: 131 filings (10.27/100 renter HHs)2001: 147 filings (11.52/100 renter HHs)2002: 128 filings (10.03/100 renter HHs)2003: 133 filings (10.42/100 renter HHs)2004: 93 filings (7.29/100 renter HHs)2005: 133 filings (11.17/100 renter HHs)2006: 137 filings (11.50/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Highland Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Highland Park

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 above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 902 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 10.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.5% of renter households in 2001.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003110200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003110200?

Census tract 42003110200 in the Highland Park neighborhood scores 4.2/10 (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 42003110200?

Median gross rent is $1,349/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003110200?

7.1% of residents in tract 42003110200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,054.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003110200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 2th, minority 50th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 42003110200 considered part of Highland Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003110200 fall within Highland Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003110200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 902 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003110200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.31% of renter households, peaking at 11.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003110200 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003110200 scores 4.2/10, 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 42003110200 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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