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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Brushton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003130200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,161 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

Tract 42003130200, home to 1,161 residents in Brushton in Pittsburgh, scores 5.3/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #43,276 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 13% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,236 monthly, set against $45,972 in average yearly household income, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 27% Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units375
Renter share30.7%
SVI overall0.71
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$45,972

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Brushton
Moderate
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Elevated
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#80 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#518 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4587, -79.8935 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brushton scores 5.8

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
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,236 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Brushton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brushton risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 130200Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 71

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

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.

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)

  • 207Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 11.25%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.6%Peak (2001)
  • 26Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420031302002000: 36 filings (13.69/100 renter HHs)2001: 41 filings (15.59/100 renter HHs)2002: 18 filings (6.84/100 renter HHs)2003: 34 filings (12.93/100 renter HHs)2004: 28 filings (10.65/100 renter HHs)2005: 24 filings (9.13/100 renter HHs)2006: 26 filings (9.89/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 7 months.
Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brushton

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 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 207 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 11.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.6% of renter households in 2001.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 71st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42003130200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003130200?

Census tract 42003130200 in the Brushton neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 42003130200?

Median gross rent is $1,236/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003130200?

20.4% of residents in tract 42003130200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,161.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003130200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 71th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 98th, minority 89th, housing 6th.
Q5

Is tract 42003130200 considered part of Brushton?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003130200 fall within Brushton (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003130200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 207 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003130200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.25% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003130200 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003130200 scores 5.8/10, 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 42003130200 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. 34% 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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