Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
West Mifflin Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003488600 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 5,041
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 42003488600 in West Mifflin, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. 30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Allegheny County average of 40.6%.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,068
Renter share17.3%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate9.0%
Median income$92,944
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
29
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across West Mifflin and the region
Centroid at 40.3348, -79.9160 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Mifflin scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from West Mifflin
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
9.0% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from West Mifflin
4.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from West Mifflin
5.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from West Mifflin
5.3
How West Mifflin compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 39%Socioeconomic
- 69%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 45%Housing & transportation
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)
- 204Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2004)
- 36Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 100% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Mifflin
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10. It sits 1.5 points below the Allegheny County average of 5.0.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 204 evictions over 7 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 9.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 31% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 5.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003488600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003488600?
Census tract 42003488600 in West Mifflin scores 3.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42003488600?
9.0% of residents in tract 42003488600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,041.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003488600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 39th, household 69th, minority 27th, housing 45th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003488600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 204 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003488600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.08% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
How does tract 42003488600 compare to West Mifflin overall?
Tract 42003488600 scores 3.5/10, lower than the parent city of West Mifflin at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from West Mifflin eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in West Mifflin
Top eight tracts in West Mifflin ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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