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Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally

Bloomfield Eviction Risk: Moderate , Pittsburgh

Tract 42003090300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,473 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

How risky is the Bloomfield area of Pittsburgh for landlords? Census tract 42003090300 scores 5.6/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #33,872 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

About 35% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,126 a month while the average household earns $74,342 a year, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 55% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 35% Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units820
Renter share54.6%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate10.1%
Median income$74,342

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#3 of 4 tracts In Bloomfield
Low
Within parent city
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#85 of 128 tracts In Pittsburgh
Low
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#147 of 394 tracts In Allegheny County
Elevated
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#1,035 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region

Centroid at 40.4643, -79.9529 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bloomfield scores 4.8

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
10.1% poverty · this tract
2.5
Supply constraint
$1,126 rent vs county FMR
3.8
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 Bloomfield compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bloomfield risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.84.8This tracttract 090300Pittsburgh: 4.94.9Pittsburghparent cityCounty: 4.14.1Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 210Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 6.16%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.5%Peak (2005)
  • 39Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 420030903002000: 19 filings (3.99/100 renter HHs)2001: 26 filings (5.46/100 renter HHs)2002: 18 filings (3.78/100 renter HHs)2003: 36 filings (7.56/100 renter HHs)2004: 29 filings (6.09/100 renter HHs)2005: 43 filings (8.53/100 renter HHs)2006: 39 filings (7.74/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 105% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Bloomfield. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bloomfield

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty 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 Pittsburgh eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 6th 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.

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

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42003090300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003090300?

Census tract 42003090300 in the Bloomfield neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 42003090300?

Median gross rent is $1,126/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42003090300?

10.1% of residents in tract 42003090300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,473.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42003090300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 31th, household 2th, minority 17th, housing 13th.
Q5

Is tract 42003090300 considered part of Bloomfield?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003090300 fall within Bloomfield (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003090300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 210 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003090300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.16% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42003090300 compare to Pittsburgh overall?

Tract 42003090300 scores 4.8/10, right in line with 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 42003090300 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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