Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Bellefield Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003040400 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,629 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 42003040400 sits in the Bellefield area of Pittsburgh eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. The severe-burden share is 33%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 73%
Tract context
Occupied units930
Renter share26.7%
SVI overall0.50
Poverty rate19.1%
Median income$66,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4474, -79.9494 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bellefield scores 7
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
19.1% poverty · this tract
4.8
Supply constraint
$1,248 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Bellefield compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 50
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 25%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 43%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%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
- 99%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 34Total filings over 7 yrs
- 0.81%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2003)
- 1Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 83% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Bellefield. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bellefield
Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.0 points. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 7.8/10. Cost burden runs about half here against 40.6% across Allegheny County.
The poverty rate is 19%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The filing record is not thin: 34 evictions over 7 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2003 at 1.1% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,248, close to the Pittsburgh average.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $66,500.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003040400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003040400?
Census tract 42003040400 in the Bellefield neighborhood scores 7/10 (Elevated 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 42003040400?
Median gross rent is $1,248/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003040400?
19.1% of residents in tract 42003040400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,629.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003040400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 50th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 25th, household 35th, minority 43th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 42003040400 considered part of Bellefield?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003040400 fall within Bellefield (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003040400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 34 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003040400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.81% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003040400 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003040400 scores 7/10, higher than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 5.9/10. 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 42003040400 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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