Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Overbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Brentwood
Tract 42003478200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 5,625 · neighborhood within 1.5 mi
In the Overbrook neighborhood of Brentwood, census tract 42003478200 scores 6.3/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 50% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $894 monthly, set against $65,759 in average yearly household income, roughly 16% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,557
Renter share30.9%
SVI overall0.24
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$65,759
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Brentwood and the region
Centroid at 40.3736, -79.9721 · click any tract to drill in
Why Overbrook scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Brentwood
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$894 rent vs county FMR
2.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Brentwood
7.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Brentwood
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Brentwood
7.6
How Overbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 24
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 54%Household composition
- 21%Racial/ethnic minority
- 32%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.
- 11%Grade A
- 68%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)
- 298Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.55%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.3%Peak (2001)
- 45Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Overbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Overbrook
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 7.8/10. 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 Brentwood, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above 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 24th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 298 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 5.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.3% of renter households in 2001.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003478200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003478200?
Census tract 42003478200 in the Overbrook neighborhood scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 42003478200?
Median gross rent is $894/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003478200?
12.4% of residents in tract 42003478200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,625.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003478200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 24th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 54th, minority 21th, housing 32th.
Q5
Is tract 42003478200 considered part of Overbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003478200 fall within Overbrook (neighborhood centroid within 1.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003478200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 298 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003478200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.55% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003478200 compare to Brentwood overall?
Tract 42003478200 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Brentwood at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Brentwood; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003478200 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Brentwood
Top eight tracts in Brentwood ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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