Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,451 of 84,120 nationally
Carrick Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003290400 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,957 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
42003290400 is a census tract in the Carrick area of Pittsburgh, PA. It scores 6.5/10 for landlords. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 7.8/10.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,811
Renter share38.2%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate12.2%
Median income$65,489
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
86
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.3877, -79.9825 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carrick scores 6.5
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
12.2% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$988 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 40%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 88%Grade B
- 5%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)
- 338Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.6%Peak (2006)
- 64Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 60% 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
Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.5 points. Average gross rent is $988, 22% below the Pittsburgh average. Cost burden runs 34% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County.
The severe-burden share is 14%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 338 evictions over 7 years of observation. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 3.1/10.
The worst year on record was 2006, when 12.6% of renter households were served. 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 8.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 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 1.9 points hotter.
Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $65,489.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003290400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003290400?
Census tract 42003290400 in the Carrick neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (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 42003290400?
Median gross rent is $988/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003290400?
12.2% of residents in tract 42003290400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,957.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003290400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 40th, minority 43th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 42003290400 considered part of Carrick?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003290400 fall within Carrick (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003290400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 338 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003290400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.88% of renter households, peaking at 12.6% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003290400 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003290400 scores 6.5/10, 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 42003290400 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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