Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Frankford Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101030200 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 8,013 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 6.3/10, tract 42101030200 in the Frankford area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 8,013. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.1/10.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,584
Renter share38.7%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate15.8%
Median income$60,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0260, -75.0823 · click any tract to drill in
Why Frankford scores 6.3
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
15.8% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,091 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Frankford compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 84%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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
- 34%Grade B
- 66%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)
- 408Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.03%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.1%Peak (2016)
- 119Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 257Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.44×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 Frankford. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Frankford
Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. At $1,091 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 408 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 12.1% of renter households.
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 10.0% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 9.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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 42101030200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101030200?
Census tract 42101030200 in the Frankford neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (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 42101030200?
Median gross rent is $1,091/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101030200?
15.8% of residents in tract 42101030200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,013.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101030200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 95th, minority 84th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 42101030200 considered part of Frankford?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101030200 fall within Frankford (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101030200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 408 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101030200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.03% of renter households, peaking at 12.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101030200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.44× 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 42101030200 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101030200 scores 6.3/10, 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 42101030200 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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