Neighborhood · Philadelphia, PA

Olney Eviction Risk: Elevated

5 census tracts · pop 25,328 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.6/10 · range 5.7–7.7

Olney spans 5 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA and houses 25,328 people. The Eviction Risk Score is 6.6/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 52% against 31.4% citywide, putting Olney 20.8% over its own city.

32% 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 clearest offset is supply constraint, at 1.8/10.

Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.7 to 7.7, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.

The poverty rate is 18%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. Filings are well documented here: 1,795 across 5 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10.

At $1,211 a month, rents sit 13% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 55.2% of renter households.

That places it #67 of 152 neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Judgments average 5.7% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Gayborhood and Wynnefield score within a fraction of it.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.6 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

6.6

Elevated

5 tracts · population-weighted

Olney vs Philadelphia How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

52.2% +66%

Philadelphia: 31.4%

Average gross rent

$1,211 -13%

Philadelphia: $1,397

Average HH income

$59,161 -3%

Philadelphia: $60,698

Poverty rate

18.2% -17%

Philadelphia: 22.0%

Renter share

29.3% -39%

Philadelphia: 48.2%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Olney and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 5.7–7.7

Why Olney scores 6.6

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts

3.4

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.2–8.2 across tracts

8.2

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts

8.0

Rent control risk

52% of income on rent · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Tenant organizing strength

29% renter households · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Economic stress

18.2% below poverty line · Range 2.8–6.1 across tracts

4.6

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–3.0 across tracts

1.8

Risk score comparison

Olney vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Olney?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 2 points from 5.7 to 7.7. This neighborhood crosses multiple risk tiers, so block-by-block conditions vary substantially.

Tracts as heat grid

7.7 7.2 6.5 6.0 5.7

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

5 tracts in Olney

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
42101027300	7.7	5,601	63%	$1,323
42101027401	7.2	3,223	34%	$962
42101027500	6.5	4,667	39%	$1,221
42101027402	6	7,055	57%	$1,078
42101027200	5.7	4,782	57%	$1,436

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 86

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 83%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 94%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 94%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 49%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Olney

Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

1,795Total filings (sum)
13.38%Avg annual filing rate
55.2%Peak year (2016)
17.67%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,169Total filings 2020-21
3.1Avg monthly observed
8.1Pre-pandemic baseline
0.48×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).

Frequently asked

About Olney

What is the eviction-risk score for Olney?

Olney scores 6.6/10 (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.

How does Olney compare to Philadelphia overall?

Olney scores 0.0 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 52% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,211 vs $1,397.

What is the average rent in Olney?

Average gross rent in Olney is $1,211/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Olney residents are renters?

29% of Olney households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 25,328 residents.

Is Olney a high social-vulnerability area?

Olney sits in the 86th 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.

Which tracts in Olney have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Olney is census tract 42101027300 (score 7.7/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.7 to 7.7, a spread of 2 points.

How safe is Olney for landlords?

Olney carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.6/10). 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 in line with the citywide level.

What is the demographic breakdown of Olney?

Olney has 24,216 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (56.2%), Hispanic / Latino (17.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (16%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Olney

5.8 East Oak Lane 3 tracts · pop 7,728 7.1 Cedar Grove 3 tracts · pop 19,030 7.7 Feltonville 5 tracts · pop 21,057 7.7 Tabor 2 tracts · pop 9,975 7.8 Lawncrest 2 tracts · pop 12,213 8 Wyoming 2 tracts · pop 10,178

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Philadelphia

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Olney.

6.6 Gayborhood 3 tracts · pop 9,017 6.6 Wynnefield 3 tracts · pop 12,627 6.6 West Central Germantown 2 tracts · pop 7,384 6.7 Grays Ferry 6 tracts · pop 17,404 6.7 Pencoyd 2 tracts · pop 6,967 6.7 Overbrook 7 tracts · pop 29,093

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