2 census tracts · pop 8,756 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 5.2–6.2
Pennsport spans 2 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA and houses 8,756 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.7/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 40% against 31.4% citywide, putting Pennsport 8.1% over its own city.
The severe-burden share is 18%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. The dominant input is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Average gross rent is $1,664, 19% above the Philadelphia average of $1,397. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. The 2 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 5.2 to 6.2, a 1-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address.
Filings are well documented here: 245 across 2 observed tracts. Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 8.0% of renter households.
Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #99 by risk, the middle third. Judgments average 2.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Wharton and East Mount Airy score within a fraction of it.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $91,706. 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Pennsport vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority50%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport61%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Pennsport
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
245Total filings (sum)
4.26%Avg annual filing rate
8.0%Peak year (2016)
4.62%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
222Total filings 2020-21
1.4Avg monthly observed
1.9Pre-pandemic baseline
0.69×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Pennsport
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Pennsport?
Pennsport scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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 Pennsport compare to Philadelphia overall?
Pennsport scores 0.9 points lower than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 40% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,664 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Pennsport?
Average gross rent in Pennsport is $1,664/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Pennsport residents are renters?
39% of Pennsport households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 8,756 residents.
Q5
Is Pennsport a high social-vulnerability area?
Pennsport sits in the 55th 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 Pennsport have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Pennsport is census tract 42101002500 (score 6.2/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 6.2, a spread of 1 points.
Q7
How safe is Pennsport for landlords?
Pennsport carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Pennsport?
Pennsport has 8,715 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (68.4%), Black (non-Hispanic) (11.9%), Hispanic / Latino (8.4%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
