1 census tracts · pop 1,401 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10
· range 8–8
Germantown is a one-tract neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA and houses 1,401 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8/10, in the High tier. Set annual rent against average household income of $18,646 and the ratio lands at 57%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Cost burden runs 68% against 31.4% citywide, putting Germantown 36.5% over its own city. 37% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate.
Average gross rent is $884, 37% below the Philadelphia average of $1,397. The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1/10.
82% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. The poverty rate is 35%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Sitting well above the midpoint is economic stress at 8.7/10. Court records for this tract carry 155 eviction filings. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 9.0% of renter households. That places it #1 of 152 neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
Judgments average 3.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Mantua and Franklinville score within a fraction of it.
Social vulnerability runs high at 8.8/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
One tract means one number: 8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
8
High
1 tracts · population-weighted
Germantown vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority87%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport78%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Germantown
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
155Total filings (sum)
6.83%Avg annual filing rate
9.0%Peak year (2016)
8.96%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
119Total filings 2020-21
1.6Avg monthly observed
2.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.61×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Germantown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Germantown?
Germantown scores 8/10 (High tier) across 1 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Germantown compare to Philadelphia overall?
Germantown scores 1.4 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 68% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $884 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Germantown?
Average gross rent in Germantown is $884/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 68% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Germantown residents are renters?
82% of Germantown households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 1,401 residents.
Q5
Is Germantown a high social-vulnerability area?
Germantown sits in the 87th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
How safe is Germantown for landlords?
Germantown carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Philadelphia as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Germantown?
Germantown has 1,480 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (67.7%), White (non-Hispanic) (19.7%), Other / Multiracial (9.9%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
