Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Belmar Eviction Risk: Elevated , Pittsburgh
Tract 42003120300 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,093 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 7.3/10, tract 42003120300 in the Belmar area of Pittsburgh, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,093. Set annual rent against average income of $27,358 and the ratio lands at 46%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units675
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate37.0%
Median income$27,358
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Pittsburgh and the region
Centroid at 40.4694, -79.9029 · click any tract to drill in
Why Belmar scores 7.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
37.0% poverty · this tract
9.2
Supply constraint
$1,054 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Pittsburgh
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Pittsburgh
6.0
How Belmar compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 83%Socioeconomic
- 97%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 67%Grade C
- 5%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 259Total filings over 7 yrs
- 11.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.1%Peak (2000)
- 23Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 58% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Belmar. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Belmar
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 9.2/10. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.3 points. The poverty rate is 37%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
roughly one in two of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Allegheny County average of 40.6%. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10.
Average gross rent is $1,054, 16% below the Pittsburgh average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 259 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2000, when 16.1% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pittsburgh. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 11.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003120300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003120300?
Census tract 42003120300 in the Belmar neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 42003120300?
Median gross rent is $1,054/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003120300?
37.0% of residents in tract 42003120300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,093.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003120300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 83th, household 97th, minority 98th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 42003120300 considered part of Belmar?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003120300 fall within Belmar (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003120300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 259 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003120300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.26% of renter households, peaking at 16.1% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003120300 compare to Pittsburgh overall?
Tract 42003120300 scores 7.3/10, higher than the parent city of Pittsburgh at 5.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Pittsburgh eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003120300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 5% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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