Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Germantown - Westside Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101024000 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,009 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 42101024000 sits in the Germantown - Westside area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7/10. Population here is 4,009. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.1/10.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 44%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units2,193
Renter share72.2%
SVI overall0.81
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$63,795
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0281, -75.1795 · click any tract to drill in
Why Germantown - Westside scores 7
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
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,098 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 Germantown - Westside compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 81
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 72%Socioeconomic
- 44%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
- 17%Grade B
- 56%Grade C
- 26%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)
- 671Total filings over 4 yrs
- 15.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 20.0%Peak (2010)
- 112Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 964Total filings 2020-21
- 12.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.65×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Germantown - Westside
25% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Average gross rent is $1,098, 21% below the Philadelphia average. The filing record is not thin: 671 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2010, when 20.0% 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 15.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.3/10.
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 42101024000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101024000?
Census tract 42101024000 in the Germantown - Westside neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 42101024000?
Median gross rent is $1,098/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101024000?
23.6% of residents in tract 42101024000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,009.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101024000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 81th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 72th, household 44th, minority 79th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 42101024000 considered part of Germantown - Westside?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101024000 fall within Germantown - Westside (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101024000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 671 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101024000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.51% of renter households, peaking at 20.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101024000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.65× 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 42101024000 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101024000 scores 7/10, 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 42101024000 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. 26% 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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