Census Tract · Ranked #43,441 of 84,120 nationally

Lawson Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42129807404 · Westmoreland County, PA · pop 5,764 · 58% of tract blocks fall in Lawson Heights

Tract 42129807404 covers Lawson Heights in Pennsylvania. Home to 5,764 residents, it scores 4.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 25th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $938 a month against an average household income of $63,628 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 30% of occupied homes.

Risk score

4.4

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 11% Stable renters 19% Owners 70%

Tract context

Occupied units1,953

Renter share30.3%

SVI overall0.34

Poverty rate12.2%

Median income$63,628

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Lawson Heights and the region

Centroid at 40.3001, -79.4087 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lawson Heights scores 4.4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Lawson Heights

4.2

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

3.6

State political climate

Pennsylvania legislature & governorship

3.4

Economic stress

12.2% poverty · this tract

3.1

Supply constraint

$938 rent vs county FMR

2.3

Rent control risk

Inherited from Lawson Heights

2.1

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

3.3

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Lawson Heights

6.0

Housing court bias

Inherited from Lawson Heights

3.2

How Lawson Heights compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 34

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

48%Socioeconomic
10%Household composition
8%Racial/ethnic minority
61%Housing & transportation

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lawson Heights

The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength 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 Lawson Heights, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Westmoreland County average of 4.7 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 34th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 42129807404

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42129807404?

Census tract 42129807404 in Lawson Heights scores 4.4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 42129807404?

Median gross rent is $938/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 42129807404?

12.2% of residents in tract 42129807404 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,764.

How socially vulnerable is tract 42129807404?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 34th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 10th, minority 8th, housing 61th.

How does tract 42129807404 compare to Lawson Heights overall?

Tract 42129807404 scores 4.4/10, higher than the parent city of Lawson Heights at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lawson Heights; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.