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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Fairmount Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101013602 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,975 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

42101013602 is a census tract in the Fairmount area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,975 residents. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 22% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 37% Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units2,013
Renter share47.4%
SVI overall0.07
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$131,705

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Fairmount
Very Low
Within parent city
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#344 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#380 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very Low
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#1,074 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9716, -75.1801 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairmount scores 5.2

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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,761 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Fairmount compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairmount risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0136026.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 7

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)

  • 26Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 0.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 1.1%Peak (2011)
  • 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101013602
Filings dropped 43% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 14Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.47×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 Fairmount. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairmount

The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,761, 26% above the Philadelphia average.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.

The severe-burden share is 12%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 26 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 1.1% of renter households.

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 0.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.6/10. Against average income of $131,705, annual rent is just 16%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42101013602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101013602?

Census tract 42101013602 in the Fairmount neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 42101013602?

Median gross rent is $1,761/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101013602?

3.4% of residents in tract 42101013602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,975.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101013602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 7th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 2th, minority 43th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 42101013602 considered part of Fairmount?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101013602 fall within Fairmount (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101013602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 26 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101013602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.90% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101013602 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× 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 42101013602 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101013602 scores 5.2/10, 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 42101013602 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. 96% 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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