1 census tracts · pop 2,174 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10
· range 7.3–7.3
Perry Hilltop maps to a single census tract in Pittsburgh, PA and houses 2,174 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 7.3/10, Elevated tier. The severe-burden share is 49%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay.
Cost burden runs 64% against 29.3% citywide, putting Perry Hilltop 34.6% over its own city. The poverty rate is 33%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The dominant input is economic stress at 8.2/10.
The filing record is not thin: 455 evictions logged in this tract. Filing activity peaked in 2003 at 16.2% of renter households.
The most recent observed rate, 9.0% in 2006, is well off that peak. That places it #2 of 78 neighborhoods in Pittsburgh. The closest comparables inside the same city are Central Oakland and Mexican War Streets Historic District.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 7.3/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
1 tracts · population-weighted
Perry Hilltop vs PittsburghHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority72%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport89%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Perry Hilltop
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
455Total filings (sum)
12.61%Avg annual filing rate
16.2%Peak year (2003)
9.02%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Perry Hilltop
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Perry Hilltop?
Perry Hilltop scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 1 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 Perry Hilltop compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Perry Hilltop scores 1.4 points higher than Pittsburgh overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 29% citywide.
Q3
What percentage of Perry Hilltop residents are renters?
32% of Perry Hilltop households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Pittsburgh). The neighborhood has 2,174 residents.
Q4
Is Perry Hilltop a high social-vulnerability area?
Perry Hilltop sits in the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q5
How safe is Perry Hilltop for landlords?
Perry Hilltop carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q6
What is the demographic breakdown of Perry Hilltop?
Perry Hilltop has 1,995 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (53.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (38.7%), Hispanic / Latino (2.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
