Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #18,163 of 84,120 nationally
Regent Square Eviction Risk: Elevated , Swissvale
Tract 42003515100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,911 · neighborhood within 1.3 mi
With a score of 6/10, tract 42003515100 in the Regent Square area of Swissvale, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,911 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.3/10.
Risk score
6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,478
Renter share46.5%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$61,894
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swissvale and the region
Centroid at 40.4182, -79.8785 · click any tract to drill in
Why Regent Square scores 6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Swissvale
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$974 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swissvale
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swissvale
9.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swissvale
6.1
How Regent Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 53%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 74%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%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
- 11%Grade B
- 45%Grade C
- 12%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)
- 394Total filings over 7 yrs
- 9.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2001)
- 63Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Regent Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Regent Square
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. 16% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 2.6/10. It sits 1.0 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 394 filings here across 7 tracked years.
At $974 a month, rents run 14% under what the rest of Swissvale commands. Cost burden runs 45% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County.
The worst year on record was 2001, when 10.8% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 9.6% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 78% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.4 points hotter.
Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $61,894.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003515100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003515100?
Census tract 42003515100 in the Regent Square neighborhood scores 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 42003515100?
Median gross rent is $974/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003515100?
13.8% of residents in tract 42003515100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,911.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003515100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 53th, household 59th, minority 74th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 42003515100 considered part of Regent Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003515100 fall within Regent Square (neighborhood centroid within 1.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003515100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 394 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003515100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.59% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003515100 compare to Swissvale overall?
Tract 42003515100 scores 6/10, higher than the parent city of Swissvale at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Swissvale; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003515100 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. 12% 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 Swissvale
Top eight tracts in Swissvale ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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