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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Burholme Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101030700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,387 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

42101030700 is a census tract in the Burholme area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 6.3/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,387. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 37% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 45% Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units1,925
Renter share71.3%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$58,623

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Burholme
Very High
Within parent city
45 th percentile
Rank, 45th percentileLowHigh
#225 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Moderate
Within county
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Moderate
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#550 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0573, -75.0886 · click any tract to drill in

Why Burholme scores 6.3

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
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,194 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Burholme compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Burholme risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.3This tracttract 0307006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. 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)

  • 341Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 9.04%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.0%Peak (2012)
  • 65Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101030700
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 309Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.58×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 Burholme. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Burholme

The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.6/10. The severe-burden share is 22%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This is renter territory: 71% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.

The filing record is not thin: 341 evictions over 4 years of observation. At $1,194 a month, rents run 15% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. Filings peaked in 2012 at 11.0% of renter households.

This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 9.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.1/10.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101030700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101030700?

Census tract 42101030700 in the Burholme neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 42101030700?

Median gross rent is $1,194/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101030700?

15.3% of residents in tract 42101030700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,387.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101030700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 90th, minority 83th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 42101030700 considered part of Burholme?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101030700 fall within Burholme (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101030700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 341 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101030700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.04% of renter households, peaking at 11.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101030700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× 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 42101030700 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101030700 scores 6.3/10, 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 42101030700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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