Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Squirrel Hill Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003141300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 5,136 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 42003141300 in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,136 residents. Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 54% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units2,269
Renter share70.5%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate26.7%
Median income$60,396
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4335, -79.9282 · click any tract to drill in
Why Squirrel Hill scores 7.3
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
26.7% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,362 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 40%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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.
- 6%Grade A
- 92%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)
- 148Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.87%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2006)
- 26Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% 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
Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10. The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 148 eviction filings across 7 observed years.
Filings peaked in 2006 at 2.2% 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. Average gross rent is $1,362, 8% above the Pittsburgh average.
In a typical year about 1.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003141300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003141300?
Census tract 42003141300 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 42003141300?
Median gross rent is $1,362/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003141300?
26.7% of residents in tract 42003141300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,136.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003141300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 40th, household 13th, minority 46th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 42003141300 considered part of Squirrel Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003141300 fall within Squirrel Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003141300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003141300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.87% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003141300 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003141300 scores 7.3/10, higher 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 42003141300 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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