Neighborhood · Ranked #42,763 of 84,120 nationally

Park Place Eviction Risk: Lower , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003141200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,081 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

Census tract 42003141200 covers the Park Place area of Pittsburgh, home to 4,081 residents. For landlords it grades 5.5/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than roughly 56% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 32% of renter households, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,194 monthly, set against $116,250 in average yearly household income, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 29% of occupied homes.

Risk score

3.9

Lower

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 9% Stable renters 20% Owners 71%

Tract context

Occupied units1,836

Renter share29.2%

SVI overall0.07

Poverty rate7.4%

Median income$116,250

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4452, -79.8970 · click any tract to drill in

Why Park Place scores 3.9

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

7.4% poverty · this tract

1.8

Supply constraint

$1,194 rent vs county FMR

4.3

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 Park Place compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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

1%Socioeconomic
16%Household composition
31%Racial/ethnic minority
28%Housing & transportation

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

43%Grade A
31%Grade B
7%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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Park Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Park Place

The score leans hardest on 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), 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 7th 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 42003141200

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003141200?

Census tract 42003141200 in the Park Place neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 42003141200?

Median gross rent is $1,194/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 32% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003141200?

7.4% of residents in tract 42003141200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,081.

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003141200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 16th, minority 31th, housing 28th.

Is tract 42003141200 considered part of Park Place?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003141200 fall within Park Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).

How does tract 42003141200 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003141200 scores 3.9/10, lower 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.

Was tract 42003141200 historically redlined?

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