Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Northern Liberties Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101014202 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,273 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101014202 is a census tract in the Northern Liberties area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,273. At $1,976 a month, rents run 41% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 39%
Tract context
Occupied units1,591
Renter share61.1%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate4.3%
Median income$101,488
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
20
th percentile
Low
Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9623, -75.1346 · click any tract to drill in
Why Northern Liberties scores 5.2
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
4.3% poverty · this tract
1.1
Supply constraint
$1,976 rent vs county FMR
6.0
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 Northern Liberties compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 0%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 41%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 205Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.41×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Northern Liberties. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Northern Liberties
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.1/10. 38% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $101,488.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101014202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101014202?
Census tract 42101014202 in the Northern Liberties neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 42101014202?
Median gross rent is $1,976/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101014202?
4.3% of residents in tract 42101014202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,273.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101014202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 0th, minority 36th, housing 76th.
Q5
Is tract 42101014202 considered part of Northern Liberties?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101014202 fall within Northern Liberties (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 42101014202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.41× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 42101014202 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101014202 scores 5.2/10, lower 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.
Q8
Was tract 42101014202 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. 41% 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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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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