Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Fairywood Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003563000 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 3,361 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 42003563000 runs through the Fairywood area of Pittsburgh. With 3,361 residents, it scores 6.3/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #15,154 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 52% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,290 a month against an average household income of $67,261 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,295
Renter share43.9%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$67,261
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4529, -80.0809 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fairywood scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,290 rent vs county FMR
5.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsburgh
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
How Fairywood compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 61%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 84%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
- 38%Grade B
- 15%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)
- 408Total filings over 7 yrs
- 16.23%Avg annual filing rate
- 30.5%Peak (2002)
- 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 70% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Fairywood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fairywood
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 Pittsburgh eviction risk, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 408 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 16.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 30.5% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 68th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 42003563000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003563000?
Census tract 42003563000 in the Fairywood neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 42003563000?
Median gross rent is $1,290/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003563000?
14.6% of residents in tract 42003563000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,361.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003563000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 61th, household 31th, minority 69th, housing 84th.
Q5
Is tract 42003563000 considered part of Fairywood?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003563000 fall within Fairywood (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003563000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 408 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003563000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.23% of renter households, peaking at 30.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003563000 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003563000 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 4.9/10. 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 42003563000 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.
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