5 census tracts · pop 18,490 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10
· range 6.9–8
Kingsessing spans 5 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA and houses 18,490 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.3/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 51% against 31.4% citywide, putting Kingsessing 19.9% over its own city.
36% 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. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
The clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.6/10. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Average gross rent is $1,128, 19% below the Philadelphia average of $1,397.
The 5 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.9 to 8, a 1.1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Court records carry 1,411 eviction filings across its 5 observed tracts. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 13.1% of renter households. Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #50 by risk, the upper third.
Judgments average 5.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Volunteertown and North Central score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Kingsessing vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport44%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Kingsessing
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,411Total filings (sum)
10.35%Avg annual filing rate
13.1%Peak year (2016)
10.82%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,060Total filings 2020-21
2.9Avg monthly observed
6.2Pre-pandemic baseline
0.47×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Kingsessing
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Kingsessing?
Kingsessing scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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 Kingsessing compare to Philadelphia overall?
Kingsessing scores 0.7 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,128 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Kingsessing?
Average gross rent in Kingsessing is $1,128/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Kingsessing residents are renters?
54% of Kingsessing households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 18,490 residents.
Q5
Is Kingsessing a high social-vulnerability area?
Kingsessing sits in the 81st 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
Which tracts in Kingsessing have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Kingsessing is census tract 42101006600 (score 8/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.9 to 8, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Kingsessing for landlords?
Kingsessing carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Kingsessing?
Kingsessing has 18,464 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (86.4%), Hispanic / Latino (5.9%), Other / Multiracial (3.3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
