Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,812 of 84,120 nationally
Overbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Brentwood
Tract 42003320400 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,846 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 42003320400 covers part of the Overbrook area of Pittsburgh, PA, and scores 6.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 1,846 residents. The severe-burden share is 23%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
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 parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
88
th percentile
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 6.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 37
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 73%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 19%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
- 76%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 90Total filings over 7 yrs
- 8.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.0%Peak (2005)
- 12Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
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
Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.8 points. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 7.8/10.
Court records carry 90 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Cost burden runs 36% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County.
At $1,125 a month, rents run 11% under what the rest of Pittsburgh commands. Filings peaked in 2005 at 14.0% 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 8.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #13,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.2 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003320400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003320400?
Census tract 42003320400 in the Overbrook neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (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 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 6.8/10, higher than the parent city of Brentwood at 4.4/10. 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.
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