Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
Mount Washington Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003191400 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,429 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
42003191400 is a census tract in the Mount Washington area of Pittsburgh, PA. It scores 6.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,429. 75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,527
Renter share75.0%
SVI overall0.27
Poverty rate16.0%
Median income$72,175
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4273, -80.0111 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mount Washington scores 6.7
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
16.0% poverty · this tract
4.0
Supply constraint
$1,353 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 Mount Washington compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 27
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 8%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 86%Grade C
- 12%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)
- 306Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2001)
- 52Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 53% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mount Washington
It sits 1.7 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 7.8/10.
The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 306 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 6.0% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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. In a typical year about 4.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 83% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.1 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. 38% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003191400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003191400?
Census tract 42003191400 in the Mount Washington neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 42003191400?
Median gross rent is $1,353/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003191400?
16.0% of residents in tract 42003191400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,429.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003191400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 27th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 8th, minority 27th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 42003191400 considered part of Mount Washington?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003191400 fall within Mount Washington (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003191400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 306 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003191400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.69% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003191400 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003191400 scores 6.7/10, 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 42003191400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 12% 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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