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Carrick Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003290100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,841 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 42003290100 runs through the Carrick area of Pittsburgh. With 1,841 residents, it scores 6.1/10 for landlords. That is riskier than about 77% of US census tracts.

70% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 29% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $800 a month while the average household earns $43,315 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 12% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units805
Renter share39.6%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate14.9%
Median income$43,315

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Carrick
Moderate
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#47 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Elevated
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#81 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#557 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.3991, -79.9932 · click any tract to drill in

Why Carrick scores 5.7

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
14.9% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$800 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Carrick compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Carrick risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 290100Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 79

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)

  • 160Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 7.80%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.6%Peak (2004)
  • 22Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420032901002000: 22 filings (8.10/100 renter HHs)2001: 25 filings (9.21/100 renter HHs)2002: 20 filings (7.37/100 renter HHs)2003: 21 filings (7.73/100 renter HHs)2004: 26 filings (9.58/100 renter HHs)2005: 24 filings (6.56/100 renter HHs)2006: 22 filings (6.02/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Carrick. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Carrick

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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003290100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003290100?

Census tract 42003290100 in the Carrick neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 42003290100?

Median gross rent is $800/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003290100?

14.9% of residents in tract 42003290100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,841.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003290100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 73th, minority 40th, housing 77th.
Q5

Is tract 42003290100 considered part of Carrick?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003290100 fall within Carrick (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003290100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 160 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003290100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.80% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003290100 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003290100 scores 5.7/10, higher than 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 42003290100 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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