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Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally

Beechview Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003192000 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,571 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 5.9/10, tract 42003192000 in the Beechview area of Pittsburgh, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. The main counterweight is economic stress at 2/10.

Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14% Stable renters 29% Owners 57%
Tract context
Occupied units1,445
Renter share43.3%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$69,889

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Beechview
Very Low
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#91 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Low
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#134 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#683 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4044, -80.0270 · click any tract to drill in

Why Beechview scores 5.9

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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,120 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Beechview compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Beechview risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.9This tracttract 1920005.9Pittsburghparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

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

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.

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)

  • 226Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.64%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.0%Peak (2006)
  • 45Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42003192000
Filings climbed 80% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Beechview. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Beechview

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. 33% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Allegheny County average of 40.6%.

11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points. The filing record is not thin: 226 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Average gross rent is $1,120, 11% below the Pittsburgh average. The worst year on record was 2006, when 6.0% of renter households were served.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pittsburgh. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 4.6% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.6/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003192000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003192000?

Census tract 42003192000 in the Beechview neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 42003192000?

Median gross rent is $1,120/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003192000?

7.9% of residents in tract 42003192000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,571.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003192000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 50th, minority 39th, housing 92th.
Q5

Is tract 42003192000 considered part of Beechview?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003192000 fall within Beechview (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003192000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 226 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003192000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.64% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003192000 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003192000 scores 5.9/10, right in line with 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 42003192000 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. 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.
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