Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #58,384 of 84,120 nationally
Sunset Hills Eviction Risk: Lower , Castle Shannon
Tract 42003476200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,322 · neighborhood within 1.4 mi
Census tract 42003476200 belongs to the Sunset Hills area of Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. It is home to 3,322 residents and scores 5.6/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 60% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,449 a month against an average household income of $87,824 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. Renters make up 16% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,470
Renter share15.5%
SVI overall0.04
Poverty rate8.5%
Median income$87,824
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
32
th percentile
Low
Within state
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Castle Shannon and the region
Centroid at 40.3648, -80.0145 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sunset Hills scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Castle Shannon
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.5% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,449 rent vs county FMR
6.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Castle Shannon
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Castle Shannon
8.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Castle Shannon
4.0
How Sunset Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 4
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 9%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 48%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)
- 30Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.95%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.8%Peak (2004)
- 1Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 80% 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 tenant organizing strength 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 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 riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 4th 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 C ("Declining"), 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 42003476200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003476200?
Census tract 42003476200 in the Sunset Hills neighborhood scores 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 42003476200?
Median gross rent is $1,449/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003476200?
8.5% of residents in tract 42003476200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,322.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003476200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 4th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 10th, minority 9th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 42003476200 considered part of Sunset Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003476200 fall within Sunset Hills (neighborhood centroid within 1.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003476200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 30 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003476200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.95% of renter households, peaking at 4.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003476200 compare to Castle Shannon overall?
Tract 42003476200 scores 3/10, 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 42003476200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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 Castle Shannon
Top eight tracts in Castle Shannon ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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