2 census tracts · pop 15,052 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.8/10
· range 6.6–7
Lawndale takes in 2 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA, population 15,052. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.8/10, in the Elevated tier. 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.
Against a Philadelphia baseline of 31.4%, 43% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. What pushes the score up most is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Filings are well documented here: 394 across 2 observed tracts.
Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.5/10. Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 7.1% of renter households.
Recent filings have not receded much: 6.3% in 2016 against a 7.1% peak. That places it #64 of 152 neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
For a like-for-like read, Pencoyd and Southwest Germantown score within a fraction of it. Social vulnerability runs high at 9/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.4 points apart at the extremes.
Average gross rent runs $1,435, close to the Philadelphia average.
With little internal variation, 6.8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Lawndale vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority78%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport70%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lawndale
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
394Total filings (sum)
5.45%Avg annual filing rate
7.1%Peak year (2011)
6.28%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
344Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly observed
3.5Pre-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 Lawndale
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lawndale?
Lawndale scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 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 Lawndale compare to Philadelphia overall?
Lawndale scores 0.2 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,435 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lawndale?
Average gross rent in Lawndale is $1,435/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lawndale residents are renters?
37% of Lawndale households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 15,052 residents.
Q5
Is Lawndale a high social-vulnerability area?
Lawndale sits in the 89th 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 Lawndale have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Lawndale is census tract 42101031000 (score 7/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.6 to 7, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Lawndale for landlords?
Lawndale carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 in line with the citywide level.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Lawndale?
Lawndale has 14,570 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (30.9%), Hispanic / Latino (27.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (25.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
