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Neighborhood · Ranked #19,562 of 84,120 nationally

Overbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Brentwood

Tract 42003320400 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,846 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 42003320400 sits in Overbrook in Brentwood, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #24,694 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 36% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,125 a month while the average household earns $68,750 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 17% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6% Stable renters 11% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units907
Renter share17.4%
SVI overall0.37
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$68,750

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Overbrook
High
Within parent city
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 128 tracts In Brentwood
Elevated
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#98 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#706 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Brentwood and the region

Centroid at 40.3847, -79.9920 · click any tract to drill in

Why Overbrook scores 5.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Brentwood
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,125 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brentwood
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brentwood
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brentwood
6.0

How Overbrook compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Overbrook risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.45.4This tracttract 320400Brentwood: 3.83.8Brentwoodparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 37

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)

  • 90Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 8.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.0%Peak (2005)
  • 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420033204002000: 9 filings (5.90/100 renter HHs)2001: 13 filings (8.52/100 renter HHs)2002: 12 filings (7.86/100 renter HHs)2003: 10 filings (6.55/100 renter HHs)2004: 12 filings (7.86/100 renter HHs)2005: 22 filings (14.04/100 renter HHs)2006: 12 filings (7.66/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 33% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Overbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Overbrook

The score leans hardest on 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 Brentwood, 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 37th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003320400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003320400?

Census tract 42003320400 in the Overbrook neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 42003320400?

Median gross rent is $1,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003320400?

16.6% of residents in tract 42003320400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,846.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003320400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 37th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 73th, minority 27th, housing 19th.
Q5

Is tract 42003320400 considered part of Overbrook?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003320400 fall within Overbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003320400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 90 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003320400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.34% of renter households, peaking at 14.0% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003320400 compare to Brentwood overall?

Tract 42003320400 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Brentwood at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brentwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42003320400 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Brentwood

Top eight tracts in Brentwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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