4 census tracts · pop 9,193 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.3/10
· range 4.5–6.4
Highland Park is a 4-tract neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA and houses 9,193 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.3/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 41% against 29.3% citywide, putting Highland Park 12.0% over its own city.
The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 4.5 to 6.4, a 1.9-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 2.2/10.
The severe-burden share is 16%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Court records carry 2,134 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.
Filing activity peaked in 2002 at 16.2% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 11.0% in 2006 against a 16.2% peak.
That places it #71 of 78 neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. The closest comparables inside the same city are Chatham Village and Brookline.
Against average income of $97,035, annual rent is only 15%, a wide affordability cushion. Average gross rent runs $1,251, close to the Pittsburgh average.
51% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.3 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Highland Park vs PittsburghHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority46%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport47%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Highland Park
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,134Total filings (sum)
11.75%Avg annual filing rate
16.2%Peak year (2002)
11.36%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Highland Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Highland Park?
Highland Park scores 5.3/10 (Moderate 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 Highland Park compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Highland Park scores 0.6 points lower than Pittsburgh overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,251 vs $1,261.
Q3
What is the average rent in Highland Park?
Average gross rent in Highland Park is $1,251/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Highland Park residents are renters?
51% of Highland Park households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Pittsburgh). The neighborhood has 9,193 residents.
Q5
Is Highland Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Highland Park sits in the 23rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (low vulnerability). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Highland Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Highland Park is census tract 42003111300 (score 6.4/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 4.5 to 6.4, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Highland Park for landlords?
Highland Park carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.3/10). 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Highland Park?
Highland Park has 9,398 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (70.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (14.1%), Other / Multiracial (7.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
