Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Bakerstown Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003408001 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 5,727 · 32% of tract blocks fall in Bakerstown
42003408001 is a census tract in Bakerstown, PA. It scores 3/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,727 residents. The voucher gap is 45.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units2,065
Renter share20.4%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$136,141
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bakerstown and the region
Centroid at 40.6528, -79.9593 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bakerstown scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bakerstown
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,860 rent vs county FMR
9.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bakerstown
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bakerstown
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bakerstown
7.7
How Bakerstown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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)
- 16Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.71%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2000)
- 3Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 100% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bakerstown
The severe-burden share is 32%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.
Running hot, supply constraint reads 9.5/10. It sits 2.0 points below the Allegheny County average of 5.0. Average gross rent is $1,860, 26% below the Bakerstown average.
48% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Allegheny County average of 40.6%. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.
Court records carry 16 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Filings peaked in 2000 at 1.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 0.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 20% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $136,141, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003408001
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003408001?
Census tract 42003408001 in Bakerstown scores 3/10 (Lower 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 42003408001?
Median gross rent is $1,860/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003408001?
9.9% of residents in tract 42003408001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,727.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003408001?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 43th, minority 11th, housing 84th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003408001?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 16 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42003408001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.71% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42003408001 compare to Bakerstown overall?
Tract 42003408001 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Bakerstown at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bakerstown; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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