Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #73,892 of 84,120 nationally
Sunset Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Castle Shannon
Tract 42003473300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 5,920 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42003473300 covers Sunset Hills in Castle Shannon in Pennsylvania. Home to 5,920 residents, it scores 5.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #43,287 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 39% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $2,103 a month while the average household earns $133,563 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 9%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units2,389
Renter share22.4%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$133,563
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
15
th percentile
Very Low
National
12
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Castle Shannon and the region
Centroid at 40.3800, -80.0303 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunset Hills scores 2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Castle Shannon
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,103 rent vs county FMR
10.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Castle Shannon
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Castle Shannon
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Castle Shannon
5.0
How Sunset Hills 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.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 11%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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.
- 4%Grade A
- 31%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)
- 62Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2001)
- 9Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Sunset Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Sunset Hills
The heaviest input here is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Castle Shannon, 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 safer side for landlords.
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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 62 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2001.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003473300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003473300?
Census tract 42003473300 in the Sunset Hills neighborhood scores 2/10 (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 42003473300?
Median gross rent is $2,103/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003473300?
2.8% of residents in tract 42003473300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,920.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003473300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 35th, minority 11th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 42003473300 considered part of Sunset Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003473300 fall within Sunset Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003473300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003473300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.27% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003473300 compare to Castle Shannon overall?
Tract 42003473300 scores 2/10, lower than the parent city of Castle Shannon at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Castle Shannon; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003473300 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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