Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally
Lower Verona Eviction Risk: Moderate , Blawnox
Tract 42003420000 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,532 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Here is how census tract 42003420000, in Lower Verona in Blawnox, looks to a landlord: a 5.9/10 eviction-risk score (Moderate tier) across a population of 1,532. That is riskier than roughly 71% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 42% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 16% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $785 a month against an average household income of $50,667 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units904
Renter share61.0%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate20.7%
Median income$50,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
79
th percentile
High
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blawnox and the region
Centroid at 40.4933, -79.8593 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lower Verona scores 5.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Blawnox
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
20.7% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$785 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blawnox
4.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blawnox
9.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blawnox
6.0
How Lower Verona compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 43%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)
- 58Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.9%Peak (2006)
- 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Lower Verona. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lower Verona
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Blawnox, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 58 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.9% of renter households in 2006.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), 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 42003420000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003420000?
Census tract 42003420000 in the Lower Verona neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 42003420000?
Median gross rent is $785/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003420000?
20.7% of residents in tract 42003420000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,532.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003420000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 69th, minority 31th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 42003420000 considered part of Lower Verona?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003420000 fall within Lower Verona (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003420000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003420000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.77% of renter households, peaking at 2.9% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003420000 compare to Blawnox overall?
Tract 42003420000 scores 5.7/10, higher than the parent city of Blawnox at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blawnox; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003420000 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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