4 census tracts · pop 19,317 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.9/10
· range 5.5–6.3
Burholme spans 4 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA, population 19,317. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.9/10, in the Moderate tier. The main counterweight is supply constraint, at 1.4/10.
19% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,140, 18% below the Philadelphia average of $1,397. Court records carry 889 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts.
Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. Against a Philadelphia baseline of 31.4%, 35% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 11.0% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 5.3% in 2016, is well off that peak. Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #90 by risk, the middle third.
For a like-for-like read, Bala and Summerdale score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.2/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
Its 4 tracts score within 0.8 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.
With little internal variation, 5.9/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
4 tracts · population-weighted
Burholme vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority71%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport63%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Burholme
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
889Total filings (sum)
7.15%Avg annual filing rate
11.0%Peak year (2012)
5.34%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
666Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly observed
3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Burholme
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Burholme?
Burholme scores 5.9/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Burholme compare to Philadelphia overall?
Burholme scores 0.7 points lower than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 35% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,140 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Burholme?
Average gross rent in Burholme is $1,140/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Burholme residents are renters?
43% of Burholme households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 19,317 residents.
Q5
Is Burholme a high social-vulnerability area?
Burholme sits in the 80th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Burholme have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Burholme is census tract 42101030700 (score 6.3/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.5 to 6.3, a spread of 0.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Burholme for landlords?
Burholme carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.9/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Philadelphia as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Burholme?
Burholme has 18,542 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (42.9%), Black (non-Hispanic) (23.1%), Hispanic / Latino (18.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
