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Brookline Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003320600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,232 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42003320600 (the Brookline area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.

18% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a modest level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,099 a month against an average household income of $83,264 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 11% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 9% Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,005
Renter share10.6%
SVI overall0.18
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$83,264

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Brookline
Low
Within parent city
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#106 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Very Low
Within county
58 th percentile
Rank, 58th percentileLowHigh
#167 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#1,207 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.3947, -80.0051 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brookline scores 4.5

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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.8
Supply constraint
$1,099 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Brookline compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brookline risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.54.5This tracttract 320600Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 18

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 63Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.1%Peak (2006)
  • 17Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420033206002000: 5 filings (3.44/100 renter HHs)2001: 11 filings (7.57/100 renter HHs)2002: 4 filings (2.75/100 renter HHs)2003: 9 filings (6.20/100 renter HHs)2004: 7 filings (4.82/100 renter HHs)2005: 10 filings (7.11/100 renter HHs)2006: 17 filings (12.09/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 240% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Brookline. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brookline

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 below the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 63 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.1% of renter households in 2006.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 18th 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.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42003320600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003320600?

Census tract 42003320600 in the Brookline neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 42003320600?

Median gross rent is $1,099/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 18% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003320600?

7.4% of residents in tract 42003320600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,232.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003320600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 18th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 21th, minority 11th, housing 31th.
Q5

Is tract 42003320600 considered part of Brookline?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003320600 fall within Brookline (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003320600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 63 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003320600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.28% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003320600 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003320600 scores 4.5/10, lower 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 42003320600 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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