Within neighborhood
17
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Overbrook Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101009801 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,563 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Census tract 42101009801 covers part of the Overbrook area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 5.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,563. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,045
Renter share40.3%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate15.0%
Median income$75,446
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9775, -75.2666 · click any tract to drill in
Why Overbrook scores 5.9
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
15.0% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,397 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Overbrook compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 67
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 80%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 30%Grade A
- 22%Grade B
- 48%Grade C
- 0%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 287Total filings over 4 yrs
- 19.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 24.9%Peak (2012)
- 63Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 31% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 152Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.47×Ratio to 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 Overbrook. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Overbrook
Severe burden reaches 20%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
Court records carry 287 eviction filings across 4 observed years. It sits 0.7 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 24.9% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 19.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #19,618 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101009801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101009801?
Census tract 42101009801 in the Overbrook neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 42101009801?
Median gross rent is $1,397/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101009801?
15.0% of residents in tract 42101009801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,563.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101009801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 80th, minority 93th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 42101009801 considered part of Overbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101009801 fall within Overbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101009801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 287 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101009801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 19.90% of renter households, peaking at 24.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101009801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× 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 42101009801 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101009801 scores 5.9/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101009801 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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