Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #53,267 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42003429600 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003429600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,601
Census tract 42003429600 covers Allegheny, home to 3,601 residents. For landlords it grades $1/10, a moderate reading. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,280 monthly, set against $80,955 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 35% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,622
Renter share35.4%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$80,955
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
37
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Allegheny County and the region
Centroid at 40.5097, -80.0480 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42003429600 scores 3.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,280 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42003429600 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 19%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 141Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2004)
- 13Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42003429600
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 20th 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 42003429600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003429600?
Census tract 42003429600 in Allegheny County scores 3.3/10 (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 42003429600?
Median gross rent is $1,280/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003429600?
6.7% of residents in tract 42003429600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,601.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003429600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 15th, minority 11th, housing 55th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003429600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 141 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003429600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.10% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Was tract 42003429600 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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