Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Carroll Park Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101011300 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,822 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 42101011300 covers part of the Carroll Park area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,822. Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units1,480
Renter share30.3%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate33.1%
Median income$44,545
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
89
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9787, -75.2353 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carroll Park scores 8
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
33.1% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,106 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Carroll Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 78%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 27%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
- 49%Grade B
- 51%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 162Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.3%Peak (2010)
- 34Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 24% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 139Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Carroll Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carroll Park
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.1/10. The poverty rate is 33%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, economic stress reads 8.3/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Average gross rent is $1,106, 21% below the Philadelphia average. Court records carry 162 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Cost burden runs 54% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 12.3% 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.
In a typical year about 9.3% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101011300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101011300?
Census tract 42101011300 in the Carroll Park 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 42101011300?
Median gross rent is $1,106/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101011300?
33.1% of residents in tract 42101011300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,822.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101011300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 78th, minority 97th, housing 27th.
Q5
Is tract 42101011300 considered part of Carroll Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101011300 fall within Carroll Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101011300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 162 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101011300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.27% of renter households, peaking at 12.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101011300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101011300 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101011300 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 42101011300 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
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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