Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
New Homestead Eviction Risk: Moderate , Munhall
Tract 42003484500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 5,400 · neighborhood within 1.1 mi
Tract 42003484500, home to 5,400 residents in the New Homestead neighborhood of Munhall, scores 5.1/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #49,318 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 23% of renter households, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $572 a month against an average household income of $53,321 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 22% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,611
Renter share21.9%
SVI overall0.33
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$53,321
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
65
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Munhall and the region
Centroid at 40.3822, -79.9042 · click any tract to drill in
Why New Homestead scores 4.9
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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$572 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Munhall
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Munhall
7.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Munhall
5.4
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.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 7%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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
- 13%Grade B
- 25%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)
- 237Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2005)
- 48Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 153% 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
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 7.6/10. 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 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 237 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.5% of renter households in 2005.
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 42003484500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003484500?
Census tract 42003484500 in the New Homestead neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 42003484500?
Median gross rent is $572/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003484500?
13.7% of residents in tract 42003484500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,400.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003484500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 33th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 62th, minority 7th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 42003484500 considered part of New Homestead?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003484500 fall within New Homestead (neighborhood centroid within 1.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003484500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 237 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003484500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.80% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003484500 compare to Munhall overall?
Tract 42003484500 scores 4.9/10, 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 42003484500 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 Munhall
Top eight tracts in Munhall ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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