Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Brighton Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003270100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,459 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 42003270100 covers part of the Brighton Heights area of Pittsburgh, PA, and scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,459 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units1,211
Renter share27.6%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$75,993
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4826, -80.0429 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brighton Heights scores 5.3
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,137 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Brighton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 52%Grade B
- 26%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 179Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.39%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.3%Peak (2004)
- 29Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 53% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Brighton Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brighton Heights
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 46% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Court records carry 179 eviction filings across 7 observed years. At $1,137 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Pittsburgh commands.
Filings peaked in 2004 at 10.3% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 7.4% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 3.3/10. Against average income of $75,993, annual rent is just 18%.
Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. It tracks the Allegheny County average of 5.0 closely.
28% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003270100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003270100?
Census tract 42003270100 in the Brighton Heights neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 42003270100?
Median gross rent is $1,137/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003270100?
3.4% of residents in tract 42003270100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,459.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003270100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 31th, minority 32th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 42003270100 considered part of Brighton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003270100 fall within Brighton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003270100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 179 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003270100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.39% of renter households, peaking at 10.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003270100 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003270100 scores 5.3/10, lower 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 42003270100 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.
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