Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,727 of 84,120 nationally
Fishers Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101027902 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,912 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 42101027902 covers part of the Fishers area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 7.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,912 residents. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
7.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units1,251
Renter share65.6%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$44,509
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0374, -75.1543 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fishers scores 7.4
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
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,077 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Fishers compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 81%Racial/ethnic minority
- 85%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
- 3%Grade B
- 29%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)
- 271Total filings over 4 yrs
- 14.76%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.3%Peak (2012)
- 72Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 271Total filings 2020-21
- 3.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.58×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fishers
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. 66% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
At $1,077 a month, rents run 23% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 271 eviction filings across 4 observed years. It sits 0.8 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 17.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 14.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 87th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101027902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101027902?
Census tract 42101027902 in the Fishers 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 42101027902?
Median gross rent is $1,077/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101027902?
22.4% of residents in tract 42101027902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,912.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101027902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 30th, minority 81th, housing 85th.
Q5
Is tract 42101027902 considered part of Fishers?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101027902 fall within Fishers (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101027902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 271 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101027902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.76% of renter households, peaking at 17.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101027902 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× 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 42101027902 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101027902 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 42101027902 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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