Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Overbrook Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101009802 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,787 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 6.3/10, tract 42101009802 in the Overbrook area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 23% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,162
Renter share24.4%
SVI overall0.48
Poverty rate20.4%
Median income$79,531
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
43
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9746, -75.2679 · click any tract to drill in
Why Overbrook scores 6.3
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
20.4% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,527 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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: 48
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 22%Grade B
- 74%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)
- 267Total filings over 4 yrs
- 12.24%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2012)
- 48Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 31% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 110Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.37×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
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. The severe-burden share is 20%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The filing record is not thin: 267 evictions over 4 years of observation. At $1,527 a month, rents run 9% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 14.9% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 12.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #16,571 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101009802
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101009802?
Census tract 42101009802 in the Overbrook neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 42101009802?
Median gross rent is $1,527/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 23% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101009802?
20.4% of residents in tract 42101009802 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,787.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101009802?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 48th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 79th, minority 96th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 42101009802 considered part of Overbrook?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101009802 fall within Overbrook (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101009802?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 267 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101009802 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.24% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101009802 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.37× 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 42101009802 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101009802 scores 6.3/10, 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 42101009802 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.
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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