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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

Homestead Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Munhall

Tract 42003483800 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,905 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 42003483800 covers the Homestead Park neighborhood of Munhall in Pennsylvania. Home to 2,905 residents, it scores 6.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #15,151 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 49% of renter households, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $874 a month while the average household earns $38,661 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31% Stable renters 32% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,437
Renter share63.0%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$38,661

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Homestead Park
Very High
Within parent city
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Munhall
Moderate
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#78 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#518 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Munhall and the region

Centroid at 40.4073, -79.9099 · click any tract to drill in

Why Homestead Park scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$874 rent vs county FMR
1.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Munhall
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.4
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Munhall
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Munhall
7.0

How Homestead Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Homestead Park risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 483800Munhall: 4.14.1Munhallparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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

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.

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)

  • 628Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 9.24%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.8%Peak (2004)
  • 92Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420034838002000: 89 filings (9.34/100 renter HHs)2001: 82 filings (8.61/100 renter HHs)2002: 101 filings (10.60/100 renter HHs)2003: 74 filings (7.77/100 renter HHs)2004: 103 filings (10.81/100 renter HHs)2005: 87 filings (8.53/100 renter HHs)2006: 92 filings (9.02/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Homestead Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Homestead Park

What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 9.7/10. 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 Munhall, 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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 76% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 96th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

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 42003483800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003483800?

Census tract 42003483800 in the Homestead Park neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 42003483800?

Median gross rent is $874/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003483800?

16.3% of residents in tract 42003483800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,905.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003483800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 85th, household 100th, minority 79th, housing 79th.
Q5

Is tract 42003483800 considered part of Homestead Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003483800 fall within Homestead Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003483800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 628 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003483800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.24% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003483800 compare to Munhall overall?

Tract 42003483800 scores 5.8/10, higher 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 42003483800 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. 76% 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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