Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Cobbs Creek Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101008400 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,403 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42101008400 sits in the Cobbs Creek area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.2/10. Population here is 5,403. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 66% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,816
Renter share44.7%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate23.0%
Median income$53,182
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9580, -75.2355 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cobbs Creek scores 7.2
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
23.0% poverty · this tract
5.7
Supply constraint
$1,332 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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 Cobbs Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 91%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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
- 0%Grade B
- 84%Grade C
- 16%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)
- 314Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2016)
- 84Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 303Total filings 2020-21
- 3.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×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 Cobbs Creek. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Cobbs Creek
Severe burden reaches 28%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 314 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points. The worst year on record was 2016, when 8.3% of renter households were served. 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 9.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #11,988 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.6 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
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 42101008400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101008400?
Census tract 42101008400 in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 42101008400?
Median gross rent is $1,332/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 66% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101008400?
23.0% of residents in tract 42101008400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,403.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101008400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 91th, minority 98th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 42101008400 considered part of Cobbs Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101008400 fall within Cobbs Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101008400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 314 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101008400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.47% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101008400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× 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 42101008400 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101008400 scores 7.2/10, 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 42101008400 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. 16% 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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