3 census tracts · pop 9,847 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6/10
· range 5.6–6.3
Chinatown takes in 3 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA, population 9,847. The Eviction Risk Score is 6/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 43% against 31.4% citywide, putting Chinatown 11.7% over its own city.
Average gross rent is $1,869, 34% above the Philadelphia average of $1,397. This is a renter market: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. 22% 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.
The dominant input is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 21%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Court records carry 261 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.
On the high side is housing-court posture at 7.5/10. Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 4.6% of renter households.
Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #85 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 1.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Its 3 tracts score within 0.7 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $89,982.
With little internal variation, 6/10 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
6
Elevated
3 tracts · population-weighted
Chinatown vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority72%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport95%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Chinatown
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
261Total filings (sum)
2.82%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak year (2016)
3.04%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
496Total filings 2020-21
2.1Avg monthly observed
2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.83×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Chinatown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Chinatown?
Chinatown scores 6/10 (Elevated tier) across 3 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 Chinatown compare to Philadelphia overall?
Chinatown scores 0.6 points lower than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,869 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Chinatown?
Average gross rent in Chinatown is $1,869/month (pop-weighted across 3 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Chinatown residents are renters?
72% of Chinatown households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 9,847 residents.
Q5
Is Chinatown a high social-vulnerability area?
Chinatown sits in the 70th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately 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 Chinatown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Chinatown is census tract 42101000500 (score 6.3/10). Across the 3 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.6 to 6.3, a spread of 0.7 points.
Q7
How safe is Chinatown for landlords?
Chinatown carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6/10). Pop-weighted across 3 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 Chinatown?
Chinatown has 9,809 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (26.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (18.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
