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Neighborhood · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally

Lower Verona Eviction Risk: Moderate , Blawnox

Tract 42003523800 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 4,604 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

42003523800 is a census tract in the Lower Verona area of Allegheny County, PA. It scores 4.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,604. Cost burden runs 58% here against 40.6% across Allegheny County.

Risk score
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 7% Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units2,222
Renter share17.3%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$72,941

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Lower Verona
Moderate
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#223 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Moderate
Within state
56 th percentile
Rank, 56th percentileLowHigh
#1,509 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
National
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#41,206 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Blawnox and the region

Centroid at 40.4918, -79.8420 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lower Verona scores 4.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Blawnox
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,606 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blawnox
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blawnox
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blawnox
5.0

How Lower Verona compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lower Verona risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.5This tracttract 5238004.6Blawnoxparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 52

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 101Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 3.05%Avg annual filing rate
  • 4.7%Peak (2002)
  • 14Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42003523800
Filings climbed 40% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Lower Verona. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lower Verona

35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The voucher gap is 25.5%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 7.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.8/10.

Court records carry 101 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2002 at 4.7% of renter households.

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 3.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #41,206 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 17% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003523800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003523800?

Census tract 42003523800 in the Lower Verona neighborhood scores 4.5/10 (Moderate 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 42003523800?

Median gross rent is $1,606/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003523800?

11.2% of residents in tract 42003523800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,604.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003523800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 84th, minority 39th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 42003523800 considered part of Lower Verona?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003523800 fall within Lower Verona (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003523800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 101 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003523800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003523800 compare to Blawnox overall?

Tract 42003523800 scores 4.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Blawnox at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blawnox; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8

Was tract 42003523800 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. 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.
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