5 census tracts · pop 13,592 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.9/10
· range 7.6–8
Nicetown spans 5 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA and houses 13,592 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 7.9/10, in the Elevated tier. Against a Philadelphia baseline of 31.4%, 51% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Set annual rent against average household income of $26,390 and the ratio lands at 49%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 31% 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 poverty rate is 35%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 1.5/10.
At $1,070 a month, rents sit 23% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. Running hot is economic stress at 7.9/10.
Filings are well documented here: 1,254 across 5 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 13.2% of renter households. That places it #26 of 152 neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
Judgments average 6.2% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Nicetown-Tioga and Parkside score within a fraction of it.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.9
Elevated
5 tracts · population-weighted
Nicetown vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority97%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport72%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Nicetown
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,254Total filings (sum)
9.65%Avg annual filing rate
13.2%Peak year (2016)
9.04%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,261Total filings 2020-21
3.6Avg monthly observed
5.5Pre-pandemic baseline
0.64×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Nicetown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Nicetown?
Nicetown scores 7.9/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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 Nicetown compare to Philadelphia overall?
Nicetown scores 1.3 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 51% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,070 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Nicetown?
Average gross rent in Nicetown is $1,070/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Nicetown residents are renters?
59% of Nicetown households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 13,592 residents.
Q5
Is Nicetown a high social-vulnerability area?
Nicetown sits in the 90th 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 Nicetown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Nicetown is census tract 42101020102 (score 8/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.6 to 8, a spread of 0.4 points.
Q7
How safe is Nicetown for landlords?
Nicetown carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.9/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 Nicetown?
Nicetown has 15,154 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (81.7%), Hispanic / Latino (8.5%), Other / Multiracial (4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
