2 census tracts · pop 4,614 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.9/10
· range 6.3–7.3
Summer Hill takes in 2 census tracts of Pittsburgh, PA and houses 4,614 people. That produces an Eviction Risk Score of 6.9/10, Elevated tier. Average gross rent is $861, 32% below the Pittsburgh average of $1,261.
The poverty rate is 29%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 2.1/10.
Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 6.3 to 7.3, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. 24% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, under the Pittsburgh rate of 29.3%.
On the high side is economic stress at 7.3/10. The filing record is not thin: 194 evictions logged in this tract. The worst year on record was 2001, when filings touched 14.0% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 13.2% in 2006 against a 14.0% peak. Among the 78 mapped neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, it ranks #38 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Billy Buck Hill and Shadyside score within a fraction of it.
Rent takes 16% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Summer Hill vs PittsburghHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority69%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Summer Hill
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
194Total filings (sum)
12.27%Avg annual filing rate
14.0%Peak year (2001)
13.21%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Summer Hill
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Summer Hill?
Summer Hill scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 Summer Hill compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Summer Hill scores 1.0 points higher than Pittsburgh overall (5.9/10). Renters spend 24% of income on rent vs 29% citywide. Average rent: $861 vs $1,261.
Q3
What is the average rent in Summer Hill?
Average gross rent in Summer Hill is $861/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Summer Hill residents are renters?
46% of Summer Hill households are renter-occupied (vs 52% in Pittsburgh). The neighborhood has 4,614 residents.
Q5
Is Summer Hill a high social-vulnerability area?
Summer Hill sits in the 63rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Summer Hill have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Summer Hill is census tract 42003261300 (score 7.3/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.3 to 7.3, a spread of 1 points.
Q7
How safe is Summer Hill for landlords?
Summer Hill carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.9/10). 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Summer Hill?
Summer Hill has 4,795 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (51.3%), White (non-Hispanic) (39.8%), Other / Multiracial (6.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
