Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Mission Hills Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003473100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,823 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
The Mission Hills area of Allegheny anchors census tract 42003473100, which lands at 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #60,635 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $993 a month while the average household earns $114,569 a year, roughly 10% of income at the averages. About 34% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,002
Renter share34.1%
SVI overall0.23
Poverty rate1.9%
Median income$114,569
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
21
th percentile
Low
Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Allegheny County and the region
Centroid at 40.3928, -80.0505 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mission Hills scores 2.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
1.9% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$993 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Mission Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 23
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 22%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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.
- 1%Grade A
- 64%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)
- 189Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2002)
- 34Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Mission Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mission Hills
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 189 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.5% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 23rd 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 42003473100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003473100?
Census tract 42003473100 in the Mission Hills neighborhood scores 2.4/10 (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 42003473100?
Median gross rent is $993/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003473100?
1.9% of residents in tract 42003473100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,823.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003473100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 23th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 61th, minority 22th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 42003473100 considered part of Mission Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003473100 fall within Mission Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003473100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 189 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003473100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.36% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Was tract 42003473100 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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