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Neighborhood · Ranked #18,240 of 84,120 nationally

McKees Rocks Bottoms Eviction Risk: Moderate , Bellevue

Tract 42003462100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,715 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi

For landlords sizing up the McKees Rocks Bottoms neighborhood of Bellevue, census tract 42003462100 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.7/10. It lands near the 64th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 29% of renter households, a moderate level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,279 a month while the average household earns $48,259 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 31% Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,153
Renter share43.8%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate34.4%
Median income$48,259

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In McKees Rocks Bottoms
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#92 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#653 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
National
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#18,240 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Bellevue and the region

Centroid at 40.4825, -80.0688 · click any tract to drill in

Why McKees Rocks Bottoms scores 5.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Bellevue
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
34.4% poverty · this tract
8.6
Supply constraint
$1,279 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bellevue
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bellevue
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bellevue
5.0

How McKees Rocks Bottoms compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
McKees Rocks Bottoms risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.55.5This tracttract 462100Bellevue: 3.73.7Bellevueparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 44

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 371Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 16.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 32.7%Peak (2003)
  • 22Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420034621002000: 49 filings (15.27/100 renter HHs)2001: 65 filings (20.25/100 renter HHs)2002: 81 filings (25.24/100 renter HHs)2003: 105 filings (32.71/100 renter HHs)2004: 15 filings (4.67/100 renter HHs)2005: 34 filings (9.08/100 renter HHs)2006: 22 filings (5.87/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 55% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within McKees Rocks Bottoms. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in McKees Rocks Bottoms

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 8.6/10. 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 Bellevue, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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 riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 371 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 16.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 32.7% of renter households in 2003.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 44th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003462100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003462100?

Census tract 42003462100 in the McKees Rocks Bottoms neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 42003462100?

Median gross rent is $1,279/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003462100?

34.4% of residents in tract 42003462100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,715.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003462100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 95th, minority 54th, housing 20th.
Q5

Is tract 42003462100 considered part of McKees Rocks Bottoms?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003462100 fall within McKees Rocks Bottoms (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003462100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 371 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003462100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.16% of renter households, peaking at 32.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003462100 compare to Bellevue overall?

Tract 42003462100 scores 5.5/10, higher than the parent city of Bellevue at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bellevue; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42003462100 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. 27% 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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