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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally

Brookline Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003191900 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,159 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 42003191900 covers the Brookline neighborhood of Pittsburgh, home to 2,159 residents. For landlords it grades 5.9/10, a moderate reading. On the national scale it ranks #24,692 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 44% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,151 a month against an average household income of $75,341 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 20% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,008
Renter share36.1%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$75,341

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Brookline
Very High
Within parent city
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#87 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Low
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#148 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#1,035 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.3962, -80.0222 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookline scores 4.8

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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Brookline compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brookline risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 191900Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 170Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.8%Peak (2004)
  • 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420031919002000: 23 filings (6.22/100 renter HHs)2001: 19 filings (5.14/100 renter HHs)2002: 24 filings (6.49/100 renter HHs)2003: 25 filings (6.76/100 renter HHs)2004: 40 filings (10.82/100 renter HHs)2005: 27 filings (7.08/100 renter HHs)2006: 12 filings (3.15/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brookline. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brookline

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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 37th 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.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003191900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003191900?

Census tract 42003191900 in the Brookline neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 42003191900?

Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003191900?

9.5% of residents in tract 42003191900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,159.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003191900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 61th, minority 8th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 42003191900 considered part of Brookline?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003191900 fall within Brookline (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003191900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 170 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003191900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.52% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003191900 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003191900 scores 4.8/10, right in line with 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 42003191900 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.
Sibling tracts

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