4 census tracts · pop 8,224 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.4/10
· range 6–6.7
Friendship takes in 4 census tracts of Pittsburgh, PA, population 8,224. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.4/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Pittsburgh baseline of 29.3%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
This is a renter market: 77% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. The severe-burden share is 22%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
The main counterweight is economic stress, at 3/10. Filings are well documented here: 1,324 across 4 observed tracts.
The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 27.8% of renter households. That places it #48 of 78 neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. Judgments average 5.3% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Bluff and Bloomfield. The 4 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.7 points apart at the extremes.
Average gross rent runs $1,231, close to the Pittsburgh average. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $64,802.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Friendship vs PittsburghHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority49%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport65%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Friendship
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,324Total filings (sum)
6.32%Avg annual filing rate
27.8%Peak year (2006)
5.59%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Friendship
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Friendship?
Friendship scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Friendship compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Friendship scores 0.5 points higher than Pittsburgh overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,231 vs $1,261.
Q3
What is the average rent in Friendship?
Average gross rent in Friendship is $1,231/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Friendship residents are renters?
77% of Friendship households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Pittsburgh). The neighborhood has 8,224 residents.
Q5
Is Friendship a high social-vulnerability area?
Friendship sits in the 32nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less 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 Friendship have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Friendship is census tract 42003070500 (score 6.7/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6 to 6.7, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Friendship for landlords?
Friendship carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.4/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Friendship?
Friendship has 8,125 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (65.7%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.5%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (11.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
