Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Cedarbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101026301 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,007 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 42101026301 covers part of the Cedarbrook area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. 44% 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
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,641
Renter share8.2%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$67,379
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0728, -75.1637 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedarbrook scores 5.2
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
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,351 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 55%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 83Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.8%Peak (2011)
- 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 42Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.41×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
89% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. The clearest offset is economic stress 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 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
The filing record is not thin: 83 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2011 at 5.8% 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 5.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
At 8% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.7/10. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured.
Average gross rent is $1,351, close to the Philadelphia average. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $67,379.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101026301
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101026301?
Census tract 42101026301 in the Cedarbrook neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 42101026301?
Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 89% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101026301?
6.8% of residents in tract 42101026301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,007.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101026301?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 55th, minority 97th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 42101026301 considered part of Cedarbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101026301 fall within Cedarbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101026301?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101026301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.94% of renter households, peaking at 5.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101026301 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.41× 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 42101026301 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101026301 scores 5.2/10, 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 42101026301 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
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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