Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally
Richmond Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101017900 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 6,675 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 42101017900 covers part of the Richmond area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 7.3/10 on landlord eviction risk. Annualized rent equals 34% of average household income of $53,343, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units2,546
Renter share47.8%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate23.7%
Median income$53,343
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
64
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9871, -75.1139 · click any tract to drill in
Why Richmond scores 7.3
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
23.7% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,531 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 Richmond compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 24%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
- 100%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)
- 432Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.12%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.8%Peak (2011)
- 116Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 331Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.51×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 Richmond. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Richmond
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The severe-burden share is 13%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 432 evictions over 4 years of observation. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.
At $1,531 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The worst year on record was 2011, when 9.8% of renter households were served.
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 9.1% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #11,153 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 8.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101017900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101017900?
Census tract 42101017900 in the Richmond neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 42101017900?
Median gross rent is $1,531/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101017900?
23.7% of residents in tract 42101017900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,675.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101017900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 94th, minority 79th, housing 24th.
Q5
Is tract 42101017900 considered part of Richmond?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101017900 fall within Richmond (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101017900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 432 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101017900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.12% of renter households, peaking at 9.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101017900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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 42101017900 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101017900 scores 7.3/10, 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 42101017900 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. 100% 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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