Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,653 of 84,120 nationally
Nicetown-Tioga Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101028000 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,212 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 42101028000 sits in the Nicetown-Tioga area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.9/10. 49% 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
7.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,766
Renter share30.5%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate25.4%
Median income$36,463
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0261, -75.1546 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nicetown-Tioga scores 7.9
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
25.4% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$792 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 Nicetown-Tioga compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%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
- 36%Grade B
- 35%Grade C
- 21%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)
- 385Total filings over 4 yrs
- 13.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.2%Peak (2010)
- 91Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 451Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.80×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nicetown-Tioga
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 94% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $792 a month, rents run 43% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 25%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.3 points. Court records carry 385 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 16.2% 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 13.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #8,653 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101028000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101028000?
Census tract 42101028000 in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood scores 7.9/10 (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 42101028000?
Median gross rent is $792/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 94% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101028000?
25.4% of residents in tract 42101028000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,212.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101028000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 89th, minority 98th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 42101028000 considered part of Nicetown-Tioga?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101028000 fall within Nicetown-Tioga (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101028000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 385 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101028000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.63% of renter households, peaking at 16.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101028000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.80× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101028000 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101028000 scores 7.9/10, 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 42101028000 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. 21% 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.
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