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Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

East Liberty Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003111500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,228 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Tract 42003111500, home to 3,228 residents in East Liberty in Pittsburgh, scores 6.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,221 a month against an average household income of $53,382 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 85% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45% Stable renters 40% Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units2,037
Renter share85.0%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$53,382

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In East Liberty
Very High
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#55 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Elevated
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#101 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#706 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4622, -79.9246 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Liberty scores 5.4

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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,221 rent vs county FMR
4.5
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 East Liberty compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Liberty risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 111500Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 1,425Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 11.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 18.2%Peak (2000)
  • 146Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420031115002000: 334 filings (18.21/100 renter HHs)2001: 211 filings (11.50/100 renter HHs)2002: 218 filings (11.89/100 renter HHs)2003: 186 filings (10.14/100 renter HHs)2004: 183 filings (9.98/100 renter HHs)2005: 147 filings (9.33/100 renter HHs)2006: 146 filings (9.26/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 56% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Liberty. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Liberty

What moves this score most is 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 above 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 Black and White and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 79% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003111500

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003111500?

Census tract 42003111500 in the East Liberty neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 42003111500?

Median gross rent is $1,221/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003111500?

13.1% of residents in tract 42003111500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,228.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003111500?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 52th, minority 78th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 42003111500 considered part of East Liberty?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003111500 fall within East Liberty (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003111500?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,425 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003111500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.47% of renter households, peaking at 18.2% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003111500 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003111500 scores 5.4/10, higher 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 42003111500 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 79% 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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