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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Lawncrest Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101030501 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,946 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 42101030501 sits in the Lawncrest area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. 35% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19% Stable renters 20% Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,775
Renter share38.6%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate32.5%
Median income$50,240

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Lawncrest
Very High
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#49 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
76 th percentile
Rank, 76th percentileLowHigh
#99 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0428, -75.0994 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lawncrest scores 8

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
32.5% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,380 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Lawncrest compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Lawncrest risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0305016.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 92

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

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.

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)

  • 411Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 13.31%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.0%Peak (2012)
  • 80Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101030501
Filings dropped 18% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 209Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.54×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 Lawncrest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lawncrest

The poverty rate is 32%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $50,240, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.

On the high side, economic stress reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.

The filing record is not thin: 411 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2012 at 14.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 13.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.3/10.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101030501

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101030501?

Census tract 42101030501 in the Lawncrest neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 42101030501?

Median gross rent is $1,380/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101030501?

32.5% of residents in tract 42101030501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,946.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101030501?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 97th, minority 93th, housing 39th.
Q5

Is tract 42101030501 considered part of Lawncrest?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101030501 fall within Lawncrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101030501?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 411 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101030501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.31% of renter households, peaking at 14.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101030501 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.54× 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 42101030501 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101030501 scores 8/10, 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 42101030501 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

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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