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Allegheny West Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101017000 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,008 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 8/10, tract 42101017000 in the Allegheny West area of Philadelphia, PA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 28% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23% Stable renters 58% Owners 19%
Tract context
Occupied units1,563
Renter share80.6%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate26.9%
Median income$36,677

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Allegheny West
Very High
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#69 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
98 th percentile
Rank, 98th percentileLowHigh
#9 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0079, -75.1834 · click any tract to drill in

Why Allegheny West scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Philadelphia
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
26.9% poverty · this tract
6.7
Supply constraint
$1,366 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Philadelphia
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Philadelphia
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Philadelphia
7.5

How Allegheny West compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Allegheny West risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0170006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 317Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 9.47%Avg annual filing rate
  • 12.4%Peak (2012)
  • 44Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101017000
Filings dropped 54% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 203Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.64×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Allegheny West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Allegheny West

Annualized rent equals 45% of average household income of $36,677, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. 81% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

The filing record is not thin: 317 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2012 at 12.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101017000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101017000?

Census tract 42101017000 in the Allegheny West neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 42101017000?

Median gross rent is $1,366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101017000?

26.9% of residents in tract 42101017000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,008.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101017000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 63th, household 7th, minority 85th, housing 75th.
Q5

Is tract 42101017000 considered part of Allegheny West?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101017000 fall within Allegheny West (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101017000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 317 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101017000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.47% of renter households, peaking at 12.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101017000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 42101017000 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101017000 scores 8/10, higher than the parent city of Philadelphia at 6.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 42101017000 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. 0% 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.
Sibling tracts

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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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