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Rittenhouse Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101000403 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,047 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 42101000403 covers part of the Rittenhouse Square area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,047. Cost burden runs 14% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 26% Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units698
Renter share30.2%
SVI overall0.03
Poverty rate8.0%
Median income$187,743

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Rittenhouse Square
High
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#329 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
16 th percentile
Rank, 16th percentileLowHigh
#345 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very Low
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#1,074 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9530, -75.1663 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rittenhouse Square scores 5.2

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
8.0% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$2,168 rent vs county FMR
7.0
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 Rittenhouse Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rittenhouse Square risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0004036.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 3

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

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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 11Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.49×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 Rittenhouse Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rittenhouse Square

At $2,168 a month, rents run 55% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.

The voucher gap is 20.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.2/10. Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $187,743, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101000403

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000403?

Census tract 42101000403 in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 42101000403?

Median gross rent is $2,168/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 14% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000403?

8.0% of residents in tract 42101000403 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,047.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000403?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 3th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 0th, minority 37th, housing 36th.
Q5

Is tract 42101000403 considered part of Rittenhouse Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000403 fall within Rittenhouse Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 42101000403 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 42101000403 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101000403 scores 5.2/10, 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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