Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Cedarbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101026100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,886 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42101026100 sits in the Cedarbrook area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.6/10. Population here is 2,886. The severe-burden share is 28%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,433
Renter share37.0%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$56,546
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0705, -75.1755 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedarbrook 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
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,125 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Cedarbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 64%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 273Total filings over 4 yrs
- 18.53%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.0%Peak (2010)
- 67Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 17% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 142Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.43×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 Cedarbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cedarbrook
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. At $1,125 a month, rents run 19% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
It sits 1.0 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 273 filings here across 4 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 19.0% of renter households were served. 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 18.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 73% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101026100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101026100?
Census tract 42101026100 in the Cedarbrook 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 42101026100?
Median gross rent is $1,125/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101026100?
8.2% of residents in tract 42101026100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,886.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101026100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 64th, household 11th, minority 95th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42101026100 considered part of Cedarbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101026100 fall within Cedarbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101026100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 273 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101026100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.53% of renter households, peaking at 19.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101026100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.43× 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 42101026100 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101026100 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 42101026100 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.
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