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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Northwood Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101029300 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,563 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

42101029300 is a census tract in the Northwood area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,563. Severe burden reaches 52%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 26% Stable renters 16% Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,261
Renter share42.4%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate39.5%
Median income$34,076

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Northwood
Very High
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#85 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#68 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
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 40.0141, -75.0920 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northwood 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
39.5% poverty · this tract
9.9
Supply constraint
$1,121 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Northwood compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northwood risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0293006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 255Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 14.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.5%Peak (2012)
  • 66Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101029300
Filings climbed 16% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 181Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.9Pre-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 Northwood. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northwood

The dominant input is economic stress at 9.9/10. The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Set annual rent against average income of $34,076 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 62% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.2/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.

At $1,121 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The filing record is not thin: 255 evictions over 4 years of observation.

The worst year on record was 2012, when 21.5% of renter households were served. 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. In a typical year about 14.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.2/10.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101029300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101029300?

Census tract 42101029300 in the Northwood 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 42101029300?

Median gross rent is $1,121/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 62% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101029300?

39.5% of residents in tract 42101029300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,563.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101029300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 95th, minority 82th, housing 59th.
Q5

Is tract 42101029300 considered part of Northwood?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101029300 fall within Northwood (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101029300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 255 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101029300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.90% of renter households, peaking at 21.5% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101029300 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 42101029300 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101029300 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 42101029300 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. 75% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

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

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