Neighborhood Change in Pittsburgh Sabina Deitrick, PhD University of Pittsburgh National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership Conference 6 May 2015.

Neighborhood Change in Pittsburgh

Sabina Deitrick, PhDUniversity of PittsburghNational Neighborhood Indicators Partnership

Conference

6 May 2015

Employment in Pittsburgh Region, 1970-2010

• Persistence of population loss prevalent over decades.

Did not rebound after 1980s and 1990s, with slow job growth, negative net migration, and “natural decrease”

Duality in shifts in trends:– Most shrinking cities experiencing downtown revivals defined by baby boom retirees and “millennial” new residents.– But continued decline with protracted poverty, abandonment, and vacancy in non-core neighborhoods and communities.

Pittsburgh – Long Run Shrinking City

Population by race, city of Pittsburgh, 1930 - 2010

U.S. Census and University Center for Social and Urban Research

Shrinking Pittsburgh in Shrinking Allegheny County, by Municipality,

1960 – 2010

Year Total Population

Cumulative Loss

1970 702, 881 -

1980 589,852 113,029

1990 521,779 181,102

2000 479,853 223,028

2010 440,306 262,575

1 Decade of Loss

Year Total Population

Cumulative Loss

1970 702, 881 -

1980 589,852 113,029

1990 521,779 181,102

2000 479,853 223,028

2010 440,306 262,575

2 Decades of Loss

Year Total Population

Cumulative Loss

1970 702, 881 -

1980 589,852 113,029

1990 521,779 181,102

2000 479,853 223,028

2010 440,306 262,575

3 Decades of Loss

Year Total Population

Cumulative Loss

1970 702, 881 -

1980 589,852 113,029

1990 521,779 181,102

2000 479,853 223,028

2010 440,306 262,575

4 Decades of Loss

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Net domestic population migration from the Pittsburgh MSA 2001-2009

Source: American Community Survey, 2010

Percentage of population with bachelor’s degree or higher, by age group, Pittsburgh MSA, 2010

Population Change by Neighborhood, Age 25 – 34 Cohort, Pittsburgh, 2000-2010