Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Banksville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Dormont
Tract 42003472200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,325 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Census tract 42003472200 covers part of the Banksville area of Dormont, PA, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,174
Renter share50.9%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate9.9%
Median income$65,313
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
48
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
59
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Dormont and the region
Centroid at 40.3946, -80.0414 · click any tract to drill in
Why Banksville scores 4.7
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
9.9% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,048 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 46%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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
- 74%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 107Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.07%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.2%Peak (2002)
- 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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
What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.4/10. 23% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 2.5/10.
Court records carry 107 eviction filings across 7 observed years. The worst year on record was 2002, when 4.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 3.1% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #37,882 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.7/10.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Allegheny County average of 5.0 closely.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003472200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003472200?
Census tract 42003472200 in the Banksville neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 42003472200?
Median gross rent is $1,048/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003472200?
9.9% of residents in tract 42003472200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,325.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003472200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 46th, household 3th, minority 21th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 42003472200 considered part of Banksville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003472200 fall within Banksville (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003472200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 107 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003472200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.07% of renter households, peaking at 4.2% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003472200 compare to Dormont overall?
Tract 42003472200 scores 4.7/10, higher than the parent city of Dormont at 4.4/10. 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 42003472200 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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