Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,930 of 84,120 nationally
South Side Flats Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003170200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,882 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42003170200, home to 3,882 residents in South Side Flats in Pittsburgh, scores 6.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,499 monthly, set against $67,407 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,300
Renter share52.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate23.9%
Median income$67,407
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
85
th percentile
High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4298, -79.9848 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Side Flats scores 6
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
23.9% poverty · this tract
6.0
Supply constraint
$1,499 rent vs county FMR
6.7
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 South Side Flats compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 52%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 40%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 51%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)
- 244Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2003)
- 32Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Side Flats
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 6.7/10. 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 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.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 51% 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 244 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.2% of renter households in 2003.
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 42003170200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003170200?
Census tract 42003170200 in the South Side Flats neighborhood scores 6/10 (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 42003170200?
Median gross rent is $1,499/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003170200?
23.9% of residents in tract 42003170200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,882.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003170200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 52th, household 1th, minority 40th, housing 22th.
Q5
Is tract 42003170200 considered part of South Side Flats?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003170200 fall within South Side Flats (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003170200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 244 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003170200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.42% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003170200 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003170200 scores 6/10, 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 42003170200 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. 51% 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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