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Neighborhood · Ranked #4,782 of 84,120 nationally

Bellefield Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003562000 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,652 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

How risky is the Bellefield area of Pittsburgh for landlords? Census tract 42003562000 scores $1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 94th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

About 59% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 34% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,250 a month while the average household earns $30,689 a year, roughly 49% of income at the averages. About 88% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 52% Stable renters 36% Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,794
Renter share87.8%
SVI overall0.61
Poverty rate38.8%
Median income$30,689

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Bellefield
Very High
Within parent city
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Very High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#54 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4518, -79.9539 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bellefield scores 7

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
38.8% poverty · this tract
9.7
Supply constraint
$1,250 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.
Bellefield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 562000Pittsburgh: 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: 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.

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)

  • 362Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 3.03%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.7%Peak (2001)
  • 62Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420035620002000: 64 filings (3.64/100 renter HHs)2001: 65 filings (3.70/100 renter HHs)2002: 55 filings (3.13/100 renter HHs)2003: 42 filings (2.39/100 renter HHs)2004: 35 filings (1.99/100 renter HHs)2005: 39 filings (2.47/100 renter HHs)2006: 62 filings (3.92/100 renter HHs)
Filings stayed roughly flat 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

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 9.7/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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.

The tract is White and Asian 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.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42003562000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003562000?

Census tract 42003562000 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 42003562000?

Median gross rent is $1,250/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 59% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003562000?

38.8% of residents in tract 42003562000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,652.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003562000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 61th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 18th, minority 65th, housing 90th.
Q5

Is tract 42003562000 considered part of Bellefield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003562000 fall within Bellefield (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003562000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 362 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003562000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.03% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003562000 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003562000 scores 7/10, 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.
Q8

Was tract 42003562000 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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