Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Kingsessing Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101006500 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,672 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
42101006500 is a census tract in the Kingsessing area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 7/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,672. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units1,751
Renter share55.5%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate19.5%
Median income$48,173
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
57
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 39.9331, -75.2318 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kingsessing 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
19.5% poverty · this tract
4.9
Supply constraint
$954 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 Kingsessing compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 32%Grade B
- 16%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 386Total filings over 4 yrs
- 11.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.0%Peak (2011)
- 89Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 29% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 278Total filings 2020-21
- 3.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×Ratio to 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 Kingsessing. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kingsessing
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Average gross rent is $954, 32% below the Philadelphia average. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 19%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Court records carry 386 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 13.0% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 11.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #12,919 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.7/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101006500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101006500?
Census tract 42101006500 in the Kingsessing 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 42101006500?
Median gross rent is $954/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101006500?
19.5% of residents in tract 42101006500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,672.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101006500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 61th, minority 98th, housing 39th.
Q5
Is tract 42101006500 considered part of Kingsessing?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101006500 fall within Kingsessing (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101006500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 386 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101006500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.49% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101006500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× 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 42101006500 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101006500 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 42101006500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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