Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Powelton Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101009000 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 7,375 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 7.7/10, tract 42101009000 in Powelton Village in Philadelphia ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 7,375 residents. That ranks it in the top 1% of US census tracts for landlord eviction risk, among the very hardest places in the country to operate.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 44% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,550 a month while the average household earns $38,976 a year, roughly 48% of income at the averages. Renters make up 88% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,561
Renter share88.0%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate49.1%
Median income$38,976
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
87
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9593, -75.1900 · click any tract to drill in
Why Powelton Village scores 6.9
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
49.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,550 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 79%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 60%Racial/ethnic minority
- 97%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 87%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)
- 76Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.90%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.8%Peak (2010)
- 17Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 26% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 93Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below 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
The score leans hardest on economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 76 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 1.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 1.8% of renter households in 2010.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 87% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101009000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101009000?
Census tract 42101009000 in the Powelton Village neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 42101009000?
Median gross rent is $1,550/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101009000?
49.1% of residents in tract 42101009000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,375.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101009000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 79th, household 3th, minority 60th, housing 97th.
Q5
Is tract 42101009000 considered part of Powelton Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101009000 fall within Powelton Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101009000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101009000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.90% of renter households, peaking at 1.8% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101009000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101009000 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101009000 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. 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 42101009000 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. 87% 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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