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Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally

Banksville Eviction Risk: Lower , Dormont

Tract 42003472200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,325 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi

Banksville in Dormont is where census tract 42003472200 sits, home to 2,325 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is $1/10. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 23% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,048 a month while the average household earns $65,313 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
3.5
Lower
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 neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Banksville
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Dormont
Very High
Within county
40 th percentile
Rank, 40th percentileLowHigh
#237 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Low
Within state
47 th percentile
Rank, 47th percentileLowHigh
#1,811 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dormont and the region

Centroid at 40.3946, -80.0414 · click any tract to drill in

Why Banksville scores 3.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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.
Banksville risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.53.5This tracttract 472200Dormont: 4.04.0Dormontparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 19

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

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.

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 by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420034722002000: 14 filings (2.69/100 renter HHs)2001: 11 filings (2.11/100 renter HHs)2002: 22 filings (4.23/100 renter HHs)2003: 21 filings (4.03/100 renter HHs)2004: 7 filings (1.34/100 renter HHs)2005: 17 filings (3.76/100 renter HHs)2006: 15 filings (3.31/100 renter HHs)
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 moves this score most is 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 above the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 107 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.1% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.2% of renter households in 2002.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 19th 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003472200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003472200?

Census tract 42003472200 in the Banksville neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (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 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 3.5/10, 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 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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