Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #77,226 of 84,120 nationally
Bell Acres Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42003439000 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 1,615
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42003439000 (Bell Acres, Pennsylvania) comes in at 4.4/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 24% of renter households, a moderate level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,078 a month while the average household earns $161,184 a year, roughly 8% of income at the averages. About 8% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units602
Renter share7.6%
SVI overall0.01
Poverty rate7.7%
Median income$161,184
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
9
th percentile
Very Low
National
8
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bell Acres and the region
Centroid at 40.5898, -80.1738 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bell Acres scores 1.7
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bell Acres
4.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.7% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,078 rent vs county FMR
3.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bell Acres
2.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bell Acres
2.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bell Acres
3.6
How Bell Acres compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 1
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 25%Racial/ethnic minority
- 1%Housing & transportation
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)
- 1Total filings over 1 yrs
- 2.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.5%Peak (2002)
- 1Filings in 2002 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bell Acres
The score leans hardest on housing court bias at 3.6/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Bell Acres, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Allegheny County average of 5.6 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 1st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1 eviction filings here over 1 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.5% of renter households in 2002.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003439000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003439000?
Census tract 42003439000 in Bell Acres scores 1.7/10 (Lower 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 42003439000?
Median gross rent is $1,078/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003439000?
7.7% of residents in tract 42003439000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,615.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003439000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 1th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 12th, minority 25th, housing 1th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003439000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 42003439000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.45% of renter households, peaking at 2.5% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42003439000 compare to Bell Acres overall?
Tract 42003439000 scores 1.7/10, lower than the parent city of Bell Acres at 3.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bell Acres; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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