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South Side Slopes Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003160800 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,334 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 42003160800 runs through South Side Slopes in Pittsburgh. With 2,334 residents, it scores 6.3/10 for landlords. It lands near the 82nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

50% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,192 a month against an average household income of $56,507 a year, roughly 25% of income at the averages. Renters make up 51% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 26% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,281
Renter share51.2%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$56,507

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In South Side Slopes
Very High
Within parent city
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Elevated
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#91 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#653 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4209, -79.9711 · click any tract to drill in

Why South Side Slopes scores 5.5

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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,192 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 South Side Slopes compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
South Side Slopes risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 160800Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 42

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)

  • 166Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 5.11%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2001)
  • 24Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420031608002000: 23 filings (4.83/100 renter HHs)2001: 30 filings (6.30/100 renter HHs)2002: 22 filings (4.62/100 renter HHs)2003: 21 filings (4.41/100 renter HHs)2004: 24 filings (5.04/100 renter HHs)2005: 22 filings (5.04/100 renter HHs)2006: 24 filings (5.50/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within South Side Slopes. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in South Side Slopes

The heaviest input here 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.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 166 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 5.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.3% of renter households in 2001.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 42nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

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 42003160800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003160800?

Census tract 42003160800 in the South Side Slopes neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 42003160800?

Median gross rent is $1,192/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003160800?

15.4% of residents in tract 42003160800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,334.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003160800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 30th, minority 26th, housing 46th.
Q5

Is tract 42003160800 considered part of South Side Slopes?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003160800 fall within South Side Slopes (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003160800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 166 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003160800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.11% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003160800 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003160800 scores 5.5/10, 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 42003160800 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. 69% 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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