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Swisshelm Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Swissvale

Tract 42003141100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,432 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

In Swisshelm Park in Swissvale, census tract 42003141100 scores 5.5/10 for eviction risk. It lands near the 56th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 26% of renter households, a moderate level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,983 monthly, set against $108,571 in average yearly household income, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 11% Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units592
Renter share14.9%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$108,571

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Swisshelm Park
Very Low
Within parent city
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#122 of 128 tracts In Swissvale
Very Low
Within county
48 th percentile
Rank, 48th percentileLowHigh
#206 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#1,501 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Swissvale and the region

Centroid at 40.4196, -79.9076 · click any tract to drill in

Why Swisshelm Park scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Swissvale
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,983 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swissvale
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swissvale
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swissvale
6.0

How Swisshelm Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Swisshelm Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.04.0This tracttract 141100Swissvale: 4.14.1Swissvaleparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 2

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)

  • 20Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 3.86%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.3%Peak (2000)
  • 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420031411002000: 6 filings (8.28/100 renter HHs)2001: 2 filings (2.76/100 renter HHs)2002: 3 filings (4.14/100 renter HHs)2003: 1 filings (1.38/100 renter HHs)2004: 1 filings (1.38/100 renter HHs)2005: 4 filings (5.18/100 renter HHs)2006: 3 filings (3.88/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Swisshelm Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Swisshelm Park

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at $1/10. 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 Swissvale, 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 2nd 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42003141100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003141100?

Census tract 42003141100 in the Swisshelm Park neighborhood scores 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 42003141100?

Median gross rent is $1,983/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003141100?

5.0% of residents in tract 42003141100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,432.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003141100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 7th, minority 17th, housing 4th.
Q5

Is tract 42003141100 considered part of Swisshelm Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003141100 fall within Swisshelm Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003141100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003141100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.86% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003141100 compare to Swissvale overall?

Tract 42003141100 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Swissvale at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Swissvale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42003141100 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. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Swissvale

Top eight tracts in Swissvale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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