Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Troy Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Millvale
Tract 42003427000 ·
Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,377 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
With a score of 5.6/10, tract 42003427000 in the Troy Hill area of Millvale, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,377. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.5/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%Stable renters 35%Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units1,666
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate16.5%
Median income$69,936
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In Troy Hill
Moderate
Within parent city
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Millvale
Moderate
Within county
60th percentile
#157 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
76th percentile
#838 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Millvale and the region
Centroid at 40.4817, -79.9738 · click any tract to drill in
Why Troy Hill scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Millvale
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
16.5% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$910 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Millvale
4.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Millvale
9.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Millvale
5.7
How Troy Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
42%Socioeconomic
28%Household composition
20%Racial/ethnic minority
80%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
74%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
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.
Court records carry 417 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Average gross rent is $910, 12% below the Millvale average.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 7.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 6.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.3/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $69,936, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
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 42003427000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003427000?
Census tract 42003427000 in the Troy Hill neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 42003427000?
Median gross rent is $910/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003427000?
16.5% of residents in tract 42003427000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,377.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003427000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 28th, minority 20th, housing 80th.
Q5
Is tract 42003427000 considered part of Troy Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003427000 fall within Troy Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003427000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 417 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003427000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.40% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003427000 compare to Millvale overall?
Tract 42003427000 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Millvale at 4.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Millvale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003427000 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.