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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

New Colony Eviction Risk: Elevated , Dravosburg

Tract 42003552200 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 890 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

Tract 42003552200 sits in the New Colony area of McKeesport eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.3/10. Population here is 890. Severe burden reaches 31%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 18% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units377
Renter share39.0%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate24.8%
Median income$50,469

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In New Colony
Very High
Within parent city
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 9 tracts In Dravosburg
Low
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#67 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#207 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Dravosburg and the region

Centroid at 40.3496, -79.8756 · click any tract to drill in

Why New Colony scores 7.3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Dravosburg
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
24.8% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$1,142 rent vs county FMR
3.9
Rent control risk
Inherited from Dravosburg
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Dravosburg
9.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Dravosburg
9.0

How New Colony compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
New Colony risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 5522004.3Dravosburgparent city5.0Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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

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)

  • 73Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 5.06%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.1%Peak (2004)
  • 8Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42003552200
Filings dropped 33% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within New Colony. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in New Colony

Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. It sits 2.3 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0.

At $1,142 a month, rents run 35% over what the rest of McKeesport commands. Running hot, housing-court posture reads 9/10.

On the high side, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 73 filings here across 7 tracked years.

Filings peaked in 2004 at 8.1% of renter households. In a typical year about 5.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003552200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003552200?

Census tract 42003552200 in the New Colony neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 42003552200?

Median gross rent is $1,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003552200?

24.8% of residents in tract 42003552200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 890.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003552200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 52th, minority 53th, housing 14th.
Q5

Is tract 42003552200 considered part of New Colony?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003552200 fall within New Colony (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003552200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003552200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.06% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003552200 compare to Dravosburg overall?

Tract 42003552200 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Dravosburg at 4.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Dravosburg; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Dravosburg

Top eight tracts in Dravosburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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