Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Rosslyn Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Carnegie
Tract 42003468800 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,522 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 42003468800 covers the Rosslyn Heights neighborhood of Carnegie in Pennsylvania. Home to 2,522 residents, it scores 5.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #37,059 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 43% of renter households, a severe level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $752 a month while the average household earns $56,791 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,437
Renter share44.2%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$56,791
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Carnegie and the region
Centroid at 40.4065, -80.0946 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rosslyn Heights scores 4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Carnegie
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$752 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Carnegie
4.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.2
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Carnegie
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Carnegie
4.8
How Rosslyn Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 25
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 34%Household composition
- 19%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
- 2%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 61%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)
- 165Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2002)
- 26Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Rosslyn Heights. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rosslyn Heights
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Carnegie, 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 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 61% 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 165 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.0% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003468800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003468800?
Census tract 42003468800 in the Rosslyn Heights neighborhood scores 4/10 (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 42003468800?
Median gross rent is $752/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003468800?
7.7% of residents in tract 42003468800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,522.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003468800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 34th, minority 19th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42003468800 considered part of Rosslyn Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003468800 fall within Rosslyn Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003468800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 165 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003468800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.32% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003468800 compare to Carnegie overall?
Tract 42003468800 scores 4/10, right in line with the parent city of Carnegie at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Carnegie; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003468800 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. 61% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Carnegie
Top eight tracts in Carnegie ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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