Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
East Falls Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101020800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,528 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101020800 is a census tract in the East Falls area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,528. At $1,886 a month, rents run 35% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units1,527
Renter share63.9%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate12.5%
Median income$71,701
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0214, -75.1935 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Falls scores 5.7
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
12.5% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,886 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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 East Falls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 72%Racial/ethnic minority
- 71%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 81%Grade A
- 0%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)
- 248Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.77%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.1%Peak (2012)
- 64Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 39% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 431Total filings 2020-21
- 5.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.27×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within East Falls. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Falls
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 38% of renters here are cost-burdened. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The filing record is not thin: 248 evictions over 4 years of observation.
It sits 0.9 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Filings peaked in 2012 at 9.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 7.8% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 74% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101020800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101020800?
Census tract 42101020800 in the East Falls neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 42101020800?
Median gross rent is $1,886/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101020800?
12.5% of residents in tract 42101020800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,528.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101020800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 43th, minority 72th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 42101020800 considered part of East Falls?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101020800 fall within East Falls (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101020800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 248 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101020800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.77% of renter households, peaking at 9.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101020800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.27× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101020800 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101020800 scores 5.7/10, 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 42101020800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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