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Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally

Port Richmond Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101037800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,215 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 42101037800 covers part of the Port Richmond area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,215. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 24% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,157
Renter share45.8%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$63,772

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Port Richmond
Very High
Within parent city
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#260 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Low
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#261 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Low
Within state
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#745 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9806, -75.0957 · click any tract to drill in

Why Port Richmond scores 5.8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,401 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 Port Richmond compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Port Richmond risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.8This tracttract 0378006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 82Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 6.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.7%Peak (2016)
  • 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101037800
Filings climbed 26% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 57Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.61×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Port Richmond. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Port Richmond

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Court records carry 82 eviction filings across 4 observed years. It sits 0.8 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 6.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 6.4% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 76% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.3/10.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101037800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101037800?

Census tract 42101037800 in the Port Richmond neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 42101037800?

Median gross rent is $1,401/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101037800?

10.8% of residents in tract 42101037800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,215.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101037800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 38th, minority 22th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 42101037800 considered part of Port Richmond?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101037800 fall within Port Richmond (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101037800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101037800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.45% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101037800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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 42101037800 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101037800 scores 5.8/10, 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 42101037800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 23% 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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