2 census tracts · pop 6,551 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10
· range 5.2–5.2
Bella Vista is a 2-tract neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA and houses 6,551 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.2/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. The main counterweight is economic stress, at 1.5/10.
At $1,796 a month, rents sit 29% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. 15% 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. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Cost burden runs 37% against 31.4% citywide, putting Bella Vista 5.1% over its own city. Court records carry 129 eviction filings across its 2 observed tracts.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 5.0% of renter households.
That places it #125 of 152 neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Judgments average 1.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Society Hill and Highland. Against average income of $115,098, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion.
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
5.2
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Bella Vista vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority47%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport50%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Bella Vista
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
129Total filings (sum)
2.42%Avg annual filing rate
5.0%Peak year (2016)
2.96%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
103Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.26×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Bella Vista
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Bella Vista?
Bella Vista scores 5.2/10 (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 Bella Vista compare to Philadelphia overall?
Bella Vista scores 1.4 points lower than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 37% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,796 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Bella Vista?
Average gross rent in Bella Vista is $1,796/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Bella Vista residents are renters?
51% of Bella Vista households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 6,551 residents.
Q5
Is Bella Vista a high social-vulnerability area?
Bella Vista sits in the 16th 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 Bella Vista have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Bella Vista is census tract 42101001800 (score 5.2/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 5.2, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Bella Vista for landlords?
Bella Vista carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). 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 Philadelphia as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Bella Vista?
Bella Vista has 6,312 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (72.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (14.3%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (5.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
