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Old City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101000102 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,897 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 42101000102 in the Old City area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,897 residents. Cost burden runs 25% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 47% Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units2,033
Renter share62.3%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate5.9%
Median income$108,203

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Old City
Very Low
Within parent city
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#359 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#348 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very Low
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#1,074 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9547, -75.1465 · click any tract to drill in

Why Old City scores 5.2

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
5.9% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$2,242 rent vs county FMR
7.4
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 Old City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Old City risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0001026.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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

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)

  • 80Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.30×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Old City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Old City

At $2,242 a month, rents run 60% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1.5/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The voucher gap is 24.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.

It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Severe burden reaches 10%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

Annual rent works out to 25% of average household income of $108,203. 62% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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 42101000102

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000102?

Census tract 42101000102 in the Old City 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 42101000102?

Median gross rent is $2,242/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000102?

5.9% of residents in tract 42101000102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,897.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000102?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 0th, minority 22th, housing 86th.
Q5

Is tract 42101000102 considered part of Old City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000102 fall within Old City (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 42101000102 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.30× 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 42101000102 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101000102 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

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

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