Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Duquesne Annex Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42003488400 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,233 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42003488400 sits in the Duquesne Annex area of West Mifflin eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. Population here is 4,233. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,060
Renter share28.5%
SVI overall0.31
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$57,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
80
th percentile
High
Within county
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Duquesne and the region
Centroid at 40.3631, -79.8664 · click any tract to drill in
Why Duquesne Annex scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Duquesne
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$659 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Duquesne
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Duquesne
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Duquesne
5.3
How Duquesne Annex compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 31
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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
- 32%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 121Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.92%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2004)
- 27Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 286% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Duquesne Annex. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Duquesne Annex
The severe-burden share is 16%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.2/10. Cost burden runs 47% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County. At $659 a month, rents run 16% under what the rest of West Mifflin commands.
The filing record is not thin: 121 evictions over 7 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2004 at 4.5% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pittsburgh. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 2.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 51st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 3.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $57,000, an unusually wide affordability cushion. It tracks the Allegheny County average of 5.0 closely.
29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003488400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003488400?
Census tract 42003488400 in the Duquesne Annex neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (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 42003488400?
Median gross rent is $659/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003488400?
8.8% of residents in tract 42003488400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,233.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003488400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 31th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 26th, minority 27th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 42003488400 considered part of Duquesne Annex?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003488400 fall within Duquesne Annex (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003488400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 121 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003488400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.92% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003488400 compare to Duquesne overall?
Tract 42003488400 scores 4.5/10, lower than the parent city of Duquesne at 5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Duquesne; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003488400 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. 8% 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 Duquesne
Top eight tracts in Duquesne ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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