Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Eastwick Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101005500 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,897 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 42101005500 sits in the Eastwick area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. It is home to 5,897 residents. The severe-burden share is 31%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,789
Renter share35.0%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate20.6%
Median income$67,063
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9074, -75.2489 · click any tract to drill in
Why Eastwick scores 6.6
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
20.6% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,496 rent vs county FMR
3.3
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 35%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 98%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)
- 332Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 18.4%Peak (2010)
- 62Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 52% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 421Total filings 2020-21
- 5.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.25×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 Eastwick. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Eastwick
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 21%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 332 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2010 at 18.4% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 10.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.0 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 42101005500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101005500?
Census tract 42101005500 in the Eastwick neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 42101005500?
Median gross rent is $1,496/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101005500?
20.6% of residents in tract 42101005500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,897.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101005500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 35th, minority 91th, housing 60th.
Q5
Is tract 42101005500 considered part of Eastwick?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101005500 fall within Eastwick (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101005500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 332 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101005500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.67% of renter households, peaking at 18.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101005500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.25× 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 42101005500 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101005500 scores 6.6/10, right in line with 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 42101005500 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. 98% 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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