Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #4,396 of 84,120 nationally
Crescentville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101029100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,316 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
In the Crescentville area of Philadelphia, census tract 42101029100 scores 7.7/10 for eviction risk. That ranks it in the top 1% of US census tracts for landlord eviction risk, among the very hardest places in the country to operate.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 73% of renter households, a severe level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $26,290 a year. Renters make up 57% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
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 parent city
97
th percentile
Very High
Within county
98
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
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 7.1
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 97%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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
- 2%Grade B
- 38%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)
- 513Total filings over 4 yrs
- 13.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.5%Peak (2010)
- 125Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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
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 $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is Asian and Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 513 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 13.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 17.5% of renter households in 2010.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101029100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101029100?
Census tract 42101029100 in the Crescentville neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 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 7.1/10, higher than the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. 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.
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