Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
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Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Squirrel Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003140300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,405 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 4.7/10, tract 42003140300 in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,405 residents. The dominant input is supply constraint at 10/10.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,330
Renter share46.2%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$137,604
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4414, -79.9196 · click any tract to drill in
Why Squirrel Hill scores 4.7
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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,953 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Squirrel Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 10%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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.
- 12%Grade A
- 78%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 32Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.0%Peak (2000)
- 6Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Squirrel Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Squirrel Hill
At $1,953 a month, rents run 55% over what the rest of Pittsburgh commands. The voucher gap is 52.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.
Cost burden runs 34% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County. Court records carry 32 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.9/10. Filings peaked in 2000 at 1.0% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 55% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003140300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003140300?
Census tract 42003140300 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 42003140300?
Median gross rent is $1,953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003140300?
11.7% of residents in tract 42003140300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,405.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003140300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 10th, household 8th, minority 39th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 42003140300 considered part of Squirrel Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003140300 fall within Squirrel Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003140300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42003140300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.84% of renter households, peaking at 1.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003140300 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003140300 scores 4.7/10, lower than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 5.9/10. 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 42003140300 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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