1 census tracts · pop 1,380 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10
· range 7.3–7.3
Bedford Dwellings is a one-tract neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA and houses 1,380 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.3/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Pittsburgh baseline of 29.3%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
At $538 a month, rents sit 57% under what the rest of Pittsburgh commands. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 54%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Annualized rent equals 49% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. This is a renter market: 95% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Severe burden reaches 30%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Well under the midpoint is supply constraint, at 1/10. The filing record is not thin: 1,696 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2001, when filings touched 43.1% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 39.9% in 2006 against a 43.1% peak. Among the 78 mapped neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, it ranks #2 by risk, the upper third.
One tract means one number: 7.3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Bedford Dwellings vs PittsburghHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority99%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport49%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bedford Dwellings
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,696Total filings (sum)
30.28%Avg annual filing rate
43.1%Peak year (2001)
39.88%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Bedford Dwellings
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bedford Dwellings?
Bedford Dwellings scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Bedford Dwellings compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Bedford Dwellings scores 1.4 points higher than Pittsburgh overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $538 vs $1,261.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bedford Dwellings?
Average gross rent in Bedford Dwellings is $538/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bedford Dwellings residents are renters?
95% of Bedford Dwellings households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Pittsburgh). The neighborhood has 1,380 residents.
Q5
Is Bedford Dwellings a high social-vulnerability area?
Bedford Dwellings sits in the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Bedford Dwellings for landlords?
Bedford Dwellings carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Pittsburgh as a whole (5.9/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Bedford Dwellings?
Bedford Dwellings has 1,539 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (89.2%), Hispanic / Latino (5.6%), Other / Multiracial (3.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
