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Neighborhood · Ranked #14,316 of 84,120 nationally

East Allegheny Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003563202 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,924 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi

The East Allegheny neighborhood of Pittsburgh anchors census tract 42003563202, which lands at 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 71% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

40% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $778 a month while the average household earns $51,293 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 63% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25% Stable renters 38% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,298
Renter share63.1%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate18.4%
Median income$51,293

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In East Allegheny
Very High
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#44 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Elevated
Within county
81 th percentile
Rank, 81st percentileLowHigh
#75 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
High
Within state
85 th percentile
Rank, 85th percentileLowHigh
#518 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4554, -79.9978 · click any tract to drill in

Why East Allegheny scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
18.4% poverty · this tract
4.6
Supply constraint
$778 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 East Allegheny compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
East Allegheny risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.85.8This tracttract 563202Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 61

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within East Allegheny. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in East Allegheny

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.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 99% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 61st 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, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003563202

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003563202?

Census tract 42003563202 in the East Allegheny neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 42003563202?

Median gross rent is $778/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003563202?

18.4% of residents in tract 42003563202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,924.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003563202?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 11th, minority 57th, housing 64th.
Q5

Is tract 42003563202 considered part of East Allegheny?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003563202 fall within East Allegheny (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 42003563202 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003563202 scores 5.8/10, 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.
Q7

Was tract 42003563202 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 99% 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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