Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Crafton Heights Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003281500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,480 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 7/10, tract 42003281500 in the Crafton Heights area of Pittsburgh, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units576
Renter share35.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate15.2%
Median income$47,778
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4405, -80.0539 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crafton Heights scores 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
15.2% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,178 rent vs county FMR
4.2
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 Crafton Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 77%Household composition
- 59%Racial/ethnic minority
- 15%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
- 92%Grade B
- 8%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)
- 67Total filings over 7 yrs
- 7.06%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.7%Peak (2004)
- 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 140% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Crafton Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crafton Heights
It sits 2.0 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 7.8/10. about half of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Allegheny County average of 40.6%.
Court records carry 67 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 14.7% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 7.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 4.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Average gross rent is $1,178, close to the Pittsburgh average.
Annual rent works out to 30% of average household income of $47,778. 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003281500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003281500?
Census tract 42003281500 in the Crafton Heights neighborhood scores 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 42003281500?
Median gross rent is $1,178/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003281500?
15.2% of residents in tract 42003281500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,480.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003281500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 77th, minority 59th, housing 15th.
Q5
Is tract 42003281500 considered part of Crafton Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003281500 fall within Crafton Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003281500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 67 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003281500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.06% of renter households, peaking at 14.7% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003281500 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003281500 scores 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 42003281500 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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