5 census tracts · pop 15,759 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10
· range 7.3–8
Belmont spans 5 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA and houses 15,759 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. about half of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, clearly above the Philadelphia rate of 31.4%.
The severe-burden share is 31%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The poverty rate is 36%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Set annual rent against average household income of $37,357 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.4/10. This is a renter market: 69% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side is economic stress at 8.3/10. Average gross rent is $1,106, 21% below the Philadelphia average of $1,397. Filings are well documented here: 2,138 across 5 observed tracts.
Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 24.7% of renter households.
Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #28 by risk, the upper third. Judgments average 5.1% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 9.1/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
With little internal variation, 7.8/10 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
7.8
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Belmont vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority91%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport80%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Belmont
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
2,138Total filings (sum)
14.00%Avg annual filing rate
24.7%Peak year (2016)
11.77%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,556Total filings 2020-21
4.4Avg monthly observed
8.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.56×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Belmont
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Belmont?
Belmont scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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 Belmont compare to Philadelphia overall?
Belmont scores 1.2 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,106 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Belmont?
Average gross rent in Belmont is $1,106/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Belmont residents are renters?
69% of Belmont households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 15,759 residents.
Q5
Is Belmont a high social-vulnerability area?
Belmont sits in the 90th 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Belmont have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Belmont is census tract 42101010800 (score 8/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.3 to 8, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Belmont for landlords?
Belmont carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Belmont?
Belmont has 16,281 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (74.1%), White (non-Hispanic) (10.7%), Other / Multiracial (6.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
