Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Oakdale Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003455000 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,459
Census tract 42003455000 belongs to Oakdale, Pennsylvania. It is home to 1,459 residents and scores 4.7/10, a moderate reading for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #60,633 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,076 monthly, set against $94,107 in average yearly household income, roughly 14% of income at the averages. Renters make up 19% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units656
Renter share18.6%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$94,107
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
23
th percentile
Low
Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Oakdale and the region
Centroid at 40.4002, -80.1872 · click any tract to drill in
Why Oakdale scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Oakdale
4.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,076 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Oakdale
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Oakdale
4.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Oakdale
4.0
How Oakdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 23%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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)
- 29Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.8%Peak (2003)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Oakdale
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 4.4/10. 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 Oakdale, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 29 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 5.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.8% of renter households in 2003.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 10th 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 42003455000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003455000?
Census tract 42003455000 in Oakdale scores 2.5/10 (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 42003455000?
Median gross rent is $1,076/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003455000?
8.4% of residents in tract 42003455000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,459.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003455000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 23th, minority 15th, housing 8th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003455000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 29 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003455000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.97% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42003455000 compare to Oakdale overall?
Tract 42003455000 scores 2.5/10, lower than the parent city of Oakdale at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Oakdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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