Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #51,553 of 84,120 nationally
Banksville Eviction Risk: Lower , Dormont
Tract 42003472100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,157 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
For landlords sizing up the Banksville neighborhood of Dormont, census tract 42003472100 carries a moderate eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. It lands near the 60th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 34% of renter households, a high level, and 19% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,062 monthly, set against $75,137 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.4
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,159
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$75,137
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
39
th percentile
Low
Within state
46
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dormont and the region
Centroid at 40.3992, -80.0359 · click any tract to drill in
Why Banksville scores 3.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Dormont
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,062 rent vs county FMR
3.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dormont
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dormont
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dormont
5.2
How Banksville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 14%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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
- 91%Grade B
- 3%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)
- 178Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.01%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2005)
- 27Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 80% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Banksville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Banksville
The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.4/10. 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 Dormont, 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 178 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.9% of renter households in 2005.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 8th 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 42003472100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003472100?
Census tract 42003472100 in the Banksville neighborhood scores 3.4/10 (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 42003472100?
Median gross rent is $1,062/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003472100?
11.5% of residents in tract 42003472100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,157.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003472100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 11th, minority 14th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 42003472100 considered part of Banksville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003472100 fall within Banksville (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003472100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 178 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003472100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.01% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003472100 compare to Dormont overall?
Tract 42003472100 scores 3.4/10, lower than the parent city of Dormont at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dormont; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003472100 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Dormont
Top eight tracts in Dormont ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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