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Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally

Eastwick Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101005400 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,739 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi

42101005400 is a census tract in the Eastwick area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 7.4/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,739 residents. 72% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.

Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43% Stable renters 17% Owners 40%
Tract context
Occupied units740
Renter share60.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$56,197

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Eastwick
Moderate
Within parent city
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#139 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
66 th percentile
Rank, 66th percentileLowHigh
#141 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Elevated
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#196 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.8887, -75.2524 · click any tract to drill in

Why Eastwick scores 7.4

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
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$1,371 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Eastwick compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Eastwick risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.4This tracttract 0054006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 323Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 18.75%Avg annual filing rate
  • 23.8%Peak (2011)
  • 70Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101005400
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 312Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.68×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.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Eastwick. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Eastwick

The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.

The filing record is not thin: 323 evictions over 4 years of observation. It sits 0.8 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 23.8% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 18.7% of renter households face a filing.

On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.8 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101005400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101005400?

Census tract 42101005400 in the Eastwick neighborhood scores 7.4/10 (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 42101005400?

Median gross rent is $1,371/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 72% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101005400?

26.4% of residents in tract 42101005400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,739.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101005400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 77th, household 96th, minority 87th, housing 88th.
Q5

Is tract 42101005400 considered part of Eastwick?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101005400 fall within Eastwick (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101005400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 323 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101005400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.75% of renter households, peaking at 23.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101005400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.68× 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 42101005400 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101005400 scores 7.4/10, 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 42101005400 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 85% 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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