Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Fitler Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101000401 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,675 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42101000401 sits in the Fitler Square area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. Population here is 2,675. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 46%
Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units2,079
Renter share68.4%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate17.9%
Median income$89,663
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
36
th percentile
Low
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9542, -75.1758 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitler Square scores 5.8
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
17.9% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,318 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 Fitler Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 91%Housing & transportation
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)
- 123Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.7%Peak (2016)
- 42Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 83% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 116Total filings 2020-21
- 1.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.37×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 Fitler Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitler Square
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. This is renter territory: 68% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 19%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 123 filings here across 4 tracked years. It sits 0.8 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Filings peaked in 2016 at 3.7% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Against average income of $89,663, annual rent is just 18%. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101000401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000401?
Census tract 42101000401 in the Fitler Square neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 42101000401?
Median gross rent is $1,318/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000401?
17.9% of residents in tract 42101000401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,675.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 43th, minority 62th, housing 91th.
Q5
Is tract 42101000401 considered part of Fitler Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000401 fall within Fitler Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101000401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 123 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101000401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 3.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101000401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.37× 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 42101000401 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101000401 scores 5.8/10, 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Related