Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
West Tarentum Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42003403500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,328 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
With a score of 5.4/10, tract 42003403500 in the West Tarentum area of Tarentum, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,328 residents. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,098
Renter share31.5%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate19.7%
Median income$42,453
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Tarentum and the region
Centroid at 40.6045, -79.7600 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Tarentum scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Tarentum
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
19.7% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$732 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Tarentum
4.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Tarentum
6.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Tarentum
6.2
How West Tarentum compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 55%Socioeconomic
- 86%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%Housing & transportation
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)
- 313Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.0%Peak (2004)
- 46Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Tarentum
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, roughly one in three of renters here are cost-burdened.
Severe burden reaches 12%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The poverty rate is 20%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 313 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2004, when 6.0% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $732, 9% below the Tarentum average.
In a typical year about 5.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Allegheny County average of 5.0 closely.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003403500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003403500?
Census tract 42003403500 in the West Tarentum 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 42003403500?
Median gross rent is $732/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003403500?
19.7% of residents in tract 42003403500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,328.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003403500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 55th, household 86th, minority 18th, housing 70th.
Q5
Is tract 42003403500 considered part of West Tarentum?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003403500 fall within West Tarentum (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003403500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 313 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003403500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.24% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003403500 compare to Tarentum overall?
Tract 42003403500 scores 5.4/10, higher than the parent city of Tarentum at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Tarentum; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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