Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Powelton Village Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101008801 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,231 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Tract 42101008801 sits in the Powelton Village area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Population here is 2,231. Severe burden reaches 61%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 69%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units463
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate48.9%
Median income$33,990
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
84
th percentile
High
Within county
97
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9539, -75.1984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Powelton Village scores 8
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
48.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$2,742 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 Powelton Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 77%Racial/ethnic minority
- 100%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
- 0%Grade B
- 74%Grade C
- 26%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)
- 32Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.0%Peak (2016)
- 23Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 475% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 12Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.00×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Powelton Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Powelton Village
69% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. Annualized rent equals 97% of average household income of $33,990, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10. At $2,742 a month, rents run 96% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
The poverty rate is 49%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, supply constraint reads 10/10.
The voucher gap is 52.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. 100% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Court records carry 32 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101008801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101008801?
Census tract 42101008801 in the Powelton Village neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 42101008801?
Median gross rent is $2,742/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 69% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101008801?
48.9% of residents in tract 42101008801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,231.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101008801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 1th, minority 77th, housing 100th.
Q5
Is tract 42101008801 considered part of Powelton Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101008801 fall within Powelton Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101008801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101008801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.74% of renter households, peaking at 9.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101008801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.00× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101008801 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101008801 scores 8/10, higher 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 42101008801 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. 26% 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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