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Four Mile Run Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003151600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,425 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 42003151600 sits in the Four Mile Run area of Pittsburgh eviction risk, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,238 monthly, set against $59,861 in average yearly household income, roughly 25% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 17% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,255
Renter share30.1%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate12.3%
Median income$59,861

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Four Mile Run
Very High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#65 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Moderate
Within county
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#117 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#810 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4250, -79.9444 · click any tract to drill in

Why Four Mile Run scores 5.2

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
12.3% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,238 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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 Four Mile Run compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Four Mile Run risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.25.2This tracttract 151600Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 28

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.

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)

  • 72Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.23%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2003)
  • 10Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420031516002000: 12 filings (2.74/100 renter HHs)2001: 4 filings (0.91/100 renter HHs)2002: 9 filings (2.05/100 renter HHs)2003: 14 filings (3.19/100 renter HHs)2004: 9 filings (2.05/100 renter HHs)2005: 14 filings (2.73/100 renter HHs)2006: 10 filings (1.95/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Four Mile Run. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Four Mile Run

What moves this score most is 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 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 67% 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.

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 42003151600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003151600?

Census tract 42003151600 in the Four Mile Run neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 42003151600?

Median gross rent is $1,238/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003151600?

12.3% of residents in tract 42003151600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,425.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003151600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 64th, minority 28th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 42003151600 considered part of Four Mile Run?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003151600 fall within Four Mile Run (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003151600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003151600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.23% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003151600 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003151600 scores 5.2/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 42003151600 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. 67% 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

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