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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Crescentville Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101029100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,316 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Census tract 42101029100 covers part of the Crescentville area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,316. 73% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 15% Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,662
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate43.5%
Median income$26,290

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Crescentville
Moderate
Within parent city
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#38 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very High
Within county
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#87 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0375, -75.1068 · click any tract to drill in

Why Crescentville scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
43.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Crescentville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Crescentville risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0291006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 513Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 13.28%Avg annual filing rate
  • 17.5%Peak (2010)
  • 125Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101029100
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 233Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 10.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.30×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Crescentville

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 43%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 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 above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.

14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Court records carry 513 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2010, when 17.5% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 13.3% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 9.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter.

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 42101029100

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101029100?

Census tract 42101029100 in the Crescentville 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 poverty rate in tract 42101029100?

43.5% of residents in tract 42101029100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,316.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101029100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 100th, minority 96th, housing 60th.
Q4

Is tract 42101029100 considered part of Crescentville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101029100 fall within Crescentville (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101029100?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 513 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101029100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.28% of renter households, peaking at 17.5% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 42101029100 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.30× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 42101029100 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101029100 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.
Q8

Was tract 42101029100 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

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