Neighborhood · Ranked #41,065 of 84,120 nationally
Rittenhouse Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101000403 ·
Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,047 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42101000403 (Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) comes in at 5.8/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 14% of renter households, a modest level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,168 a month against an average household income of $187,743 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4
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
20th percentile
#5 of 6 tracts In Rittenhouse Square
Low
Within parent city
11th percentile
#363 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
11th percentile
#363 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very Low
Within state
56th percentile
#1,501 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 4
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.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 3
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
6%Socioeconomic
0%Household composition
37%Racial/ethnic minority
36%Housing & transportation
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 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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.
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 below the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 3rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.49x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
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 4/10 (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 4/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.