Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,912 of 84,120 nationally
Swisshelm Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Swissvale
Tract 42003515300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,488 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
How risky is the Swisshelm Park area of Swissvale for landlords? Census tract 42003515300 scores 6.8/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than about 91% of US census tracts.
63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 38% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,140 monthly, set against $37,031 in average yearly household income, roughly 37% of income at the averages. About 68% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 32%
Tract context
Occupied units921
Renter share67.8%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate30.9%
Median income$37,031
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
87
th percentile
High
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swissvale and the region
Centroid at 40.4187, -79.8930 · click any tract to drill in
Why Swisshelm Park scores 6.3
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
30.9% poverty · this tract
7.7
Supply constraint
$1,140 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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 Swisshelm Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 63%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%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
- 19%Grade C
- 22%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)
- 230Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2003)
- 33Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Swisshelm Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Swisshelm Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.3/10. 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 Swissvale, 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 81st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 22% 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 42003515300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003515300?
Census tract 42003515300 in the Swisshelm Park neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 42003515300?
Median gross rent is $1,140/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003515300?
30.9% of residents in tract 42003515300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,488.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003515300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 70th, minority 63th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 42003515300 considered part of Swisshelm Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003515300 fall within Swisshelm Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003515300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 230 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003515300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.26% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003515300 compare to Swissvale overall?
Tract 42003515300 scores 6.3/10, higher than the parent city of Swissvale at 4.1/10. 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 42003515300 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. 22% 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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