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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Franklinville Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101019900 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,166 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

42101019900 is a census tract in the Franklinville area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,166. 41% 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
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 28% Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,919
Renter share60.6%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate48.7%
Median income$28,803

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Franklinville
Moderate
Within parent city
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#89 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#93 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0049, -75.1435 · click any tract to drill in

Why Franklinville scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
48.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$994 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 Franklinville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Franklinville risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0199006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 99

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 206Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 7.20%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.4%Peak (2012)
  • 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101019900
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 143Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.51×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Franklinville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Franklinville

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 49%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Set annual rent against average income of $28,803 and the ratio lands at 41%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $994, 29% below the Philadelphia average.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 206 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 8.4% 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 7.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101019900

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101019900?

Census tract 42101019900 in the Franklinville neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 42101019900?

Median gross rent is $994/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101019900?

48.7% of residents in tract 42101019900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,166.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101019900?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 100th, minority 99th, housing 71th.
Q5

Is tract 42101019900 considered part of Franklinville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101019900 fall within Franklinville (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101019900?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 206 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101019900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.20% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101019900 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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 42101019900 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101019900 scores 8/10, 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 42101019900 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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