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Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally

Hawthorne Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101003002 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,171 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 6.3/10, tract 42101003002 in the Hawthorne area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,171. Cost burden runs 35% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.

Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17% Stable renters 32% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,570
Renter share49.2%
SVI overall0.43
Poverty rate20.5%
Median income$78,843

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Hawthorne
Elevated
Within parent city
44 th percentile
Rank, 44th percentileLowHigh
#230 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Moderate
Within county
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#233 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Moderate
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#550 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9327, -75.1712 · click any tract to drill in

Why Hawthorne scores 6.3

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
20.5% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,775 rent vs county FMR
4.9
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 Hawthorne compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Hawthorne risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.3This tracttract 0030026.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 43

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

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.

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)

  • 113Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 4.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.5%Peak (2011)
  • 22Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101003002
Filings dropped 31% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 38Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.31×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 Hawthorne. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Hawthorne

What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. At $1,775 a month, rents run 27% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.

The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 113 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 6.5% 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 4.6% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 80th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter.

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 42101003002

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101003002?

Census tract 42101003002 in the Hawthorne 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 42101003002?

Median gross rent is $1,775/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101003002?

20.5% of residents in tract 42101003002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,171.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101003002?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 43th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 60th, household 37th, minority 77th, housing 17th.
Q5

Is tract 42101003002 considered part of Hawthorne?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101003002 fall within Hawthorne (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101003002?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 113 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101003002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.57% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101003002 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.31× 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 42101003002 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101003002 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 42101003002 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. 90% 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

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