Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Park Place Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003560400 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,554 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 42003560400 sits in the Park Place area of Wilkinsburg eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.5/10. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 47%
Owners 8%
Tract context
Occupied units844
Renter share92.1%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate25.4%
Median income$46,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
40
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4447, -79.8902 · click any tract to drill in
Why Park Place scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
25.4% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
3.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsburgh
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsburgh
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.9
How Park Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 62%Socioeconomic
- 48%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 63%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
- 0%Grade B
- 71%Grade C
- 7%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)
- 926Total filings over 7 yrs
- 18.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.4%Peak (2001)
- 137Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 21% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Park Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Park Place
It sits 2.5 points above the Allegheny County average of 5.0. This is renter territory: 92% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 49% of renters here are cost-burdened. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 926 evictions over 7 years of observation. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 3/10.
At $1,121 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Wilkinsburg commands. Filings peaked in 2001 at 19.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pittsburgh. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 18.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003560400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003560400?
Census tract 42003560400 in the Park Place neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 42003560400?
Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003560400?
25.4% of residents in tract 42003560400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,554.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003560400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 62th, household 48th, minority 62th, housing 63th.
Q5
Is tract 42003560400 considered part of Park Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003560400 fall within Park Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003560400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 926 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003560400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.37% of renter households, peaking at 19.4% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003560400 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003560400 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittsburgh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003560400 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. 7% 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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