Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Bridesburg Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101018300 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,998 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101018300 is a census tract in the Bridesburg area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,998. 30% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,556
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$77,011
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9956, -75.0746 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridesburg scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,212 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Bridesburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 26%Household composition
- 5%Racial/ethnic minority
- 29%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
- 88%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 24Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.1%Peak (2016)
- 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 37Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.63×Ratio to 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 Bridesburg. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridesburg
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.0 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Court records carry 24 eviction filings across 4 observed years. At $1,212 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.1% of renter households were served.
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. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 73rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101018300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101018300?
Census tract 42101018300 in the Bridesburg neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (Moderate 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 42101018300?
Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101018300?
13.0% of residents in tract 42101018300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,998.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101018300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 26th, minority 5th, housing 29th.
Q5
Is tract 42101018300 considered part of Bridesburg?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101018300 fall within Bridesburg (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101018300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101018300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101018300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× 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 42101018300 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101018300 scores 5.6/10, lower 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 42101018300 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. 1% 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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