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Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally

Mission Hills Eviction Risk: Lower

Tract 42003473401 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,830 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 42003473401 sits in Mission Hills in Allegheny, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 4.7/10. That is riskier than roughly 28% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

30% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $847 a month while the average household earns $122,679 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 25% Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units1,525
Renter share35.1%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate4.1%
Median income$122,679

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Mission Hills
Very Low
Within county
18 th percentile
Rank, 18th percentileLowHigh
#324 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Very Low
Within state
22 th percentile
Rank, 22nd percentileLowHigh
#2,700 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Low
National
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#69,776 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Allegheny County and the region

Centroid at 40.3718, -80.0426 · click any tract to drill in

Why Mission Hills scores 2.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
4.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$847 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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.
Mission Hills risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 2.32.3This tracttract 473401County: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: A: Best

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. 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)

  • 113Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.2%Peak (2005)
  • 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420034734012000: 14 filings (2.25/100 renter HHs)2001: 11 filings (1.77/100 renter HHs)2002: 17 filings (2.74/100 renter HHs)2003: 19 filings (3.06/100 renter HHs)2004: 15 filings (2.41/100 renter HHs)2005: 22 filings (3.23/100 renter HHs)2006: 15 filings (2.20/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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

The score leans hardest on 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th 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 42003473401

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003473401?

Census tract 42003473401 in the Mission Hills neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 42003473401?

Median gross rent is $847/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003473401?

4.1% of residents in tract 42003473401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,830.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003473401?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 12th, household 29th, minority 6th, housing 32th.
Q5

Is tract 42003473401 considered part of Mission Hills?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003473401 fall within Mission Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003473401?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003473401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 3.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Was tract 42003473401 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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