4 census tracts · pop 18,303 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.1/10
· range 6.6–7.2
Lexington Park is a 4-tract neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA and houses 18,303 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.1/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. 57% of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, well clear of the Philadelphia rate of 31.4%.
23% 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. The dominant input is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. Court records carry 890 eviction filings across its 4 observed tracts. On the high side is housing-court posture at 7.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 15.6% of renter households. Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #56 by risk, the middle third.
Judgments average 4.4% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.
The 4 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.6 points apart at the extremes.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Lexington Park vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority73%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport64%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Lexington Park
Aggregated across 4 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
890Total filings (sum)
8.69%Avg annual filing rate
15.6%Peak year (2016)
10.64%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
623Total filings 2020-21
2.0Avg monthly observed
4.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.48×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Lexington Park
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Lexington Park?
Lexington Park scores 7.1/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Lexington Park compare to Philadelphia overall?
Lexington Park scores 0.5 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 57% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,469 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Lexington Park?
Average gross rent in Lexington Park is $1,469/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Lexington Park residents are renters?
43% of Lexington Park households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 18,303 residents.
Q5
Is Lexington Park a high social-vulnerability area?
Lexington Park sits in the 84th 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 Lexington Park have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Lexington Park is census tract 42101031402 (score 7.2/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.6 to 7.2, a spread of 0.6 points.
Q7
How safe is Lexington Park for landlords?
Lexington Park carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.1/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 Lexington Park?
Lexington Park has 18,521 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (37.8%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (24.6%), Hispanic / Latino (15.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
