7 census tracts · pop 29,093 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.7/10
· range 5.2–8
Overbrook spans 7 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA, population 29,093. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 6.7/10, in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 43% against 31.4% citywide, putting Overbrook 11.1% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 28%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.2 to 8, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. What pushes the score up most is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10.
Filings are well documented here: 1,529 across 7 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 24.9% of renter households.
Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #65 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 5.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Grays Ferry and Pencoyd. Average gross rent runs $1,357, close to the Philadelphia average.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.7 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
6.7
Elevated
7 tracts · population-weighted
Overbrook vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority92%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport54%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Overbrook
Aggregated across 7 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
1,529Total filings (sum)
10.75%Avg annual filing rate
24.9%Peak year (2016)
10.76%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
1,217Total filings 2020-21
2.9Avg monthly observed
4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.58×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Overbrook
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Overbrook?
Overbrook scores 6.7/10 (Elevated tier) across 7 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.
Q2
How does Overbrook compare to Philadelphia overall?
Overbrook scores 0.1 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 43% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,357 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Overbrook?
Average gross rent in Overbrook is $1,357/month (pop-weighted across 7 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Overbrook residents are renters?
34% of Overbrook households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 29,093 residents.
Q5
Is Overbrook a high social-vulnerability area?
Overbrook sits in the 64th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Overbrook have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Overbrook is census tract 42101011400 (score 8/10). Across the 7 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 8, a spread of 2.8 points.
Q7
How safe is Overbrook for landlords?
Overbrook carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.7/10). Pop-weighted across 7 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.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Overbrook?
Overbrook has 28,889 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (82.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (10.2%), Other / Multiracial (3.1%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
