2 census tracts · pop 4,281 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.2/10
· range 7–7.3
Bellefield takes in 2 census tracts of Pittsburgh, PA, population 4,281. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.2/10, Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 55% against 29.3% citywide, putting Bellefield 25.9% over its own city.
34% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with. The poverty rate is 31%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 7.8/10. Filings are well documented here: 396 across 2 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2003 at 3.7% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.1% in 2006, is well off that peak. That places it #30 of 78 neighborhoods in Pittsburgh.
For a like-for-like read, Crafton Heights and Marshall Shadeland score within a fraction of it. Its 2 tracts score within 0.3 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
Average gross rent runs $1,249, close to the Pittsburgh average.
With little internal variation, 7.2/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Bellefield vs PittsburghHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority57%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport90%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bellefield
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
396Total filings (sum)
2.19%Avg annual filing rate
3.7%Peak year (2003)
2.51%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Bellefield
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bellefield?
Bellefield scores 7.2/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Bellefield compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Bellefield scores 1.3 points higher than Pittsburgh overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 55% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,249 vs $1,261.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bellefield?
Average gross rent in Bellefield is $1,249/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bellefield residents are renters?
65% of Bellefield households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Pittsburgh). The neighborhood has 4,281 residents.
Q5
Is Bellefield a high social-vulnerability area?
Bellefield sits in the 57th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Bellefield have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bellefield is census tract 42003562000 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7 to 7.3, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Bellefield for landlords?
Bellefield carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.2/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bellefield?
Bellefield has 4,036 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (61.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (26.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (7.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
