Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
Brookline Eviction Risk: Lower , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003472300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,847 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
Census tract 42003472300 belongs to the Brookline neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is home to 1,847 residents and scores 5.8/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,033 monthly, set against $85,234 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units905
Renter share45.9%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate4.5%
Median income$85,234
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.3925, -80.0330 · click any tract to drill in
Why Brookline scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.5% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,033 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsburgh
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.7
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsburgh
8.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsburgh
5.2
How Brookline compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 50%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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
- 94%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)
- 157Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.69%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.0%Peak (2006)
- 32Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 39% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Brookline. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Brookline
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 Pittsburgh eviction risk, 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 above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 31st 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003472300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003472300?
Census tract 42003472300 in the Brookline neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 42003472300?
Median gross rent is $1,033/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003472300?
4.5% of residents in tract 42003472300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,847.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003472300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 18th, minority 18th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 42003472300 considered part of Brookline?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003472300 fall within Brookline (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003472300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 157 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003472300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.69% of renter households, peaking at 7.0% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003472300 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003472300 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 4.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittsburgh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003472300 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.
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