Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,273 of 84,120 nationally
New Homestead Eviction Risk: Lower , Munhall
Tract 42003482500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,747 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
42003482500 is a census tract in the New Homestead area of West Homestead, PA. It scores 3.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,747 residents. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units845
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$81,477
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
39
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Munhall and the region
Centroid at 40.3938, -79.9102 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Homestead scores 3.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Munhall
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,041 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Munhall
7.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Munhall
5.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Munhall
5.7
How New Homestead compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 33
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 32%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 36%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 25%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)
- 169Total filings over 7 yrs
- 11.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2002)
- 17Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within New Homestead. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in New Homestead
Cost burden runs 51% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.9/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.
Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Average gross rent is $1,041, 17% below the West Homestead average. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 7.2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 169 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2002 at 14.1% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 11.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #54,273 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003482500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003482500?
Census tract 42003482500 in the New Homestead neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (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 42003482500?
Median gross rent is $1,041/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003482500?
7.5% of residents in tract 42003482500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,747.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003482500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 32th, household 42th, minority 41th, housing 36th.
Q5
Is tract 42003482500 considered part of New Homestead?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003482500 fall within New Homestead (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003482500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 169 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003482500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.51% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003482500 compare to Munhall overall?
Tract 42003482500 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Munhall at 4.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Munhall; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003482500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 25% 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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