Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Sunrise Junction Eviction Risk: Lower , Rennerdale
Tract 42003458002 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,582 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
Eviction risk in the Sunrise Junction area of Rennerdale centers on tract 42003458002, which scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 4,582 residents. That is riskier than about 45% of US census tracts.
About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,446 a month against an average household income of $99,422 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 13% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units2,119
Renter share12.6%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$99,422
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rennerdale and the region
Centroid at 40.4127, -80.1337 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunrise Junction scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rennerdale
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,446 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rennerdale
2.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rennerdale
2.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rennerdale
2.2
How Sunrise Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 51%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 1%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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunrise Junction
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at 6.3/10. 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 inherited from Rennerdale, 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 in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 1% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 30th 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 42003458002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003458002?
Census tract 42003458002 in the Sunrise Junction neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (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 42003458002?
Median gross rent is $1,446/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003458002?
3.7% of residents in tract 42003458002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,582.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003458002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 51th, minority 23th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42003458002 considered part of Sunrise Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003458002 fall within Sunrise Junction (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 42003458002 compare to Rennerdale overall?
Tract 42003458002 scores 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Rennerdale at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rennerdale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 42003458002 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 1% 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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