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Homewood North Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003130700 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,068 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 6.3/10, tract 42003130700 in the Homewood North neighborhood of Pittsburgh ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,068 residents. It lands near the 82nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 39% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $668 a month against an average household income of $36,318 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 62% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24% Stable renters 38% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,052
Renter share61.6%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate33.2%
Median income$36,318

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Homewood North
Moderate
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#19 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
High
Within county
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#22 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Very High
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#145 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4573, -79.8857 · click any tract to drill in

Why Homewood North scores 6.8

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
33.2% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$668 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Homewood North compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Homewood North risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 6.86.8This tracttract 130700Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Homewood North

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.3/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 46% 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.

The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 88th 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.

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 42003130700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003130700?

Census tract 42003130700 in the Homewood North neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 42003130700?

Median gross rent is $668/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003130700?

33.2% of residents in tract 42003130700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,068.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003130700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 99th, minority 96th, housing 48th.
Q5

Is tract 42003130700 considered part of Homewood North?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003130700 fall within Homewood North (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 42003130700 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003130700 scores 6.8/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 42003130700 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. 46% 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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