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North Central Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101014700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,311 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 8/10, tract 42101014700 in the North Central area of Philadelphia, PA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,311 residents. 57% 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 68% Stable renters 19% Owners 13%
Tract context
Occupied units1,371
Renter share86.4%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate67.2%
Median income$26,018

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In North Central
Very High
Within parent city
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#71 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#40 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very 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 39.9785, -75.1620 · click any tract to drill in

Why North Central 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
67.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,213 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 North Central compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
North Central risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0147006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 362Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 11.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.6%Peak (2016)
  • 103Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101014700
Filings climbed 24% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 287Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.60×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 North Central. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in North Central

79% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. Set annual rent against average income of $26,018 and the ratio lands at 56%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.

The poverty rate is 67%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 86% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.7/10.

On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 362 filings here across 4 tracked years.

At $1,213 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when 10.6% of renter households were served.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101014700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101014700?

Census tract 42101014700 in the North Central 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 42101014700?

Median gross rent is $1,213/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 79% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101014700?

67.2% of residents in tract 42101014700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,311.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101014700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 19th, minority 75th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 42101014700 considered part of North Central?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101014700 fall within North Central (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101014700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 362 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101014700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.45% of renter households, peaking at 10.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101014700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 42101014700 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101014700 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 42101014700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 91% 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

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

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