Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,456 of 84,120 nationally
Crestas Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , North Braddock
Tract 42003510000 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,866 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
The Crestas Terrace area of North Braddock is where census tract 42003510000 sits, home to 1,866 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 29% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $768 a month against an average household income of $40,227 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 64% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units780
Renter share64.5%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate29.6%
Median income$40,227
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Braddock and the region
Centroid at 40.3969, -79.8382 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crestas Terrace scores 6.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from North Braddock
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
29.6% poverty · this tract
7.4
Supply constraint
$768 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Braddock
3.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Braddock
9.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Braddock
6.4
How Crestas Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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
- 59%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)
- 507Total filings over 7 yrs
- 14.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 21.4%Peak (2003)
- 77Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 24% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Crestas Terrace. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Crestas Terrace
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 North Braddock, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as 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.
The tract is Black and White and ranks around the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 59% 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003510000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003510000?
Census tract 42003510000 in the Crestas Terrace neighborhood scores 6.5/10 (Elevated 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 42003510000?
Median gross rent is $768/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 29% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003510000?
29.6% of residents in tract 42003510000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,866.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003510000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 79th, minority 81th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 42003510000 considered part of Crestas Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003510000 fall within Crestas Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003510000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 507 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003510000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.43% of renter households, peaking at 21.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003510000 compare to North Braddock overall?
Tract 42003510000 scores 6.5/10, higher than the parent city of North Braddock at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from North Braddock; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003510000 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. 59% 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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