Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally
Crestas Terrace Eviction Risk: Elevated , North Braddock
Tract 42003512000 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,077 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
How risky is Crestas Terrace in North Braddock for landlords? Census tract 42003512000 scores 6.7/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 46% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $544 a month while the average household earns $38,007 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 49% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,113
Renter share49.3%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate30.8%
Median income$38,007
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
90
th percentile
Very High
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across North Braddock and the region
Centroid at 40.4048, -79.8451 · click any tract to drill in
Why Crestas Terrace scores 6.6
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
30.8% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$544 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from North Braddock
6.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from North Braddock
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from North Braddock
8.0
How Crestas Terrace compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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
- 99%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)
- 160Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.08%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.4%Peak (2002)
- 19Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 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.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 52nd 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 99% 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, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003512000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003512000?
Census tract 42003512000 in the Crestas Terrace neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 42003512000?
Median gross rent is $544/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003512000?
30.8% of residents in tract 42003512000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,077.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003512000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 58th, minority 56th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 42003512000 considered part of Crestas Terrace?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003512000 fall within Crestas Terrace (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003512000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 160 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003512000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.08% of renter households, peaking at 6.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003512000 compare to North Braddock overall?
Tract 42003512000 scores 6.6/10, 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 42003512000 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. 99% 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 North Braddock
Top eight tracts in North Braddock ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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