Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Elmwood Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101006200 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,394 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
How risky is the Elmwood Park area of Philadelphia for landlords? Census tract 42101006200 scores 6.7/10, the Elevated tier. That is riskier than roughly 90% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
63% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 28% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,308 a month against an average household income of $48,634 a year, roughly 32% of income at the averages. Renters make up 55% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$48,634
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
42
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9194, -75.2335 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elmwood Park scores 5.3
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
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Elmwood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
- 0%Grade B
- 73%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)
- 302Total filings over 4 yrs
- 13.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2016)
- 85Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 183Total filings 2020-21
- 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.40×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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Elmwood Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elmwood Park
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.40x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
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 42101006200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101006200?
Census tract 42101006200 in the Elmwood Park neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 42101006200?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101006200?
11.5% of residents in tract 42101006200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,394.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101006200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 79th, minority 95th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 42101006200 considered part of Elmwood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101006200 fall within Elmwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101006200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 302 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101006200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.17% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101006200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.40× 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 42101006200 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101006200 scores 5.3/10, right in line with 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101006200 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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