2 census tracts · pop 6,490 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.6/10
· range 5.3–6
Morningside is a 2-tract neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA and houses 6,490 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.6/10, in the Moderate tier. The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 7.7/10.
14% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. At $1,021 a month, rents sit 19% under what the rest of Pittsburgh commands. Against a Pittsburgh baseline of 29.3%, roughly one in three of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Court records carry 668 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts. On the softer side is economic stress, at 2.9/10. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 9.6% of renter households.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 3/10. Among the 78 mapped neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, it ranks #63 by risk, the lower third.
Judgments average 4.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Against average income of $68,537, annual rent is only 18%, a wide affordability cushion. Its 2 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
With little internal variation, 5.6/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Morningside vs PittsburghHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority24%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport56%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Morningside
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
668Total filings (sum)
6.88%Avg annual filing rate
9.6%Peak year (2006)
8.40%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Morningside
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Morningside?
Morningside scores 5.6/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Morningside compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Morningside scores 0.3 points lower than Pittsburgh overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $1,021 vs $1,261.
Q3
What is the average rent in Morningside?
Average gross rent in Morningside is $1,021/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Morningside residents are renters?
42% of Morningside households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Pittsburgh). The neighborhood has 6,490 residents.
Q5
Is Morningside a high social-vulnerability area?
Morningside sits in the 47th 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 Morningside have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Morningside is census tract 42003424000 (score 6/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 6, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Morningside for landlords?
Morningside carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.6/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 Morningside?
Morningside has 6,333 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (80.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (8.3%), Other / Multiracial (5.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
