Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #71,178 of 84,120 nationally
Regent Square Eviction Risk: Lower , Swissvale
Tract 42003516100 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,416 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
How risky is Regent Square in Swissvale for landlords? Census tract 42003516100 scores 4.5/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 22% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 23% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,283 a month while the average household earns $96,935 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units700
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate5.8%
Median income$96,935
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
20
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Swissvale and the region
Centroid at 40.4309, -79.8886 · click any tract to drill in
Why Regent Square scores 2.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Swissvale
3.8
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.8% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,283 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Swissvale
2.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Swissvale
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Swissvale
2.7
How Regent Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 66%Grade B
- 1%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 55Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2005)
- 11Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 175% 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
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.3/10. 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 below the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 55 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.7% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.7% of renter households in 2005.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003516100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003516100?
Census tract 42003516100 in the Regent Square neighborhood scores 2.2/10 (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 average rent in tract 42003516100?
Median gross rent is $1,283/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003516100?
5.8% of residents in tract 42003516100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,416.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003516100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 1th, minority 16th, housing 4th.
Q5
Is tract 42003516100 considered part of Regent Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003516100 fall within Regent Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003516100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003516100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.68% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003516100 compare to Swissvale overall?
Tract 42003516100 scores 2.2/10, lower 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 42003516100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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