Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Fitler Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101000801 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,735 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
42101000801 is a census tract in the Fitler Square area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 1,735 residents. 35% 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
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 36%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 35%
Tract context
Occupied units990
Renter share65.2%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate5.5%
Median income$130,096
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9497, -75.1804 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitler Square scores 5.2
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
5.5% poverty · this tract
1.4
Supply constraint
$1,942 rent vs county FMR
5.8
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 Fitler Square compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 6
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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
- 1%Grade C
- 43%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)
- 32Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.3%Peak (2011)
- 9Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 36Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.69×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
Average gross rent is $1,942, 39% above the Philadelphia average. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.4/10.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. This is renter territory: 65% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
Cost burden runs 55% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 filings here across 4 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 1.3% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 1.3% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101000801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000801?
Census tract 42101000801 in the Fitler Square 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 42101000801?
Median gross rent is $1,942/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000801?
5.5% of residents in tract 42101000801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,735.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 0th, minority 44th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 42101000801 considered part of Fitler Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000801 fall within Fitler Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101000801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101000801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.25% of renter households, peaking at 1.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101000801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.69× 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 42101000801 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101000801 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 42101000801 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. 43% 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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