Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
Fishtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101015700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,493 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 42101015700 runs through the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia. With 2,493 residents, it scores 6.9/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 93% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,799 a month against an average household income of $88,125 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 40% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,375
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$88,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9780, -75.1355 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fishtown scores 4.9
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
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,799 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Fishtown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 60
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 65%Socioeconomic
- 10%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
- 100%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)
- 73Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2012)
- 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 30% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 166Total filings 2020-21
- 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 2.31×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Fishtown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fishtown
The heaviest input here 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 riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 73 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 4.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.3% of renter households in 2012.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
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 42101015700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101015700?
Census tract 42101015700 in the Fishtown neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 42101015700?
Median gross rent is $1,799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101015700?
14.6% of residents in tract 42101015700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,493.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101015700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 10th, minority 60th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 42101015700 considered part of Fishtown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101015700 fall within Fishtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101015700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101015700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.34% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101015700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 2.31× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101015700 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101015700 scores 4.9/10, lower than 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 42101015700 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. 100% 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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