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Rittenhouse Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101000701 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,807 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

With a score of 5.3/10, tract 42101000701 in the Rittenhouse Square area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Average gross rent is $2,177, 56% above the Philadelphia average.

Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33% Stable renters 44% Owners 23%
Tract context
Occupied units1,512
Renter share77.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate11.7%
Median income$90,343

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 6 tracts In Rittenhouse Square
Very High
Within parent city
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#310 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Low
Within county
24 th percentile
Rank, 24th percentileLowHigh
#312 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Low
Within state
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#1,025 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9507, -75.1689 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rittenhouse Square scores 5.3

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
11.7% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$2,177 rent vs county FMR
7.1
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 / state5.3This tracttract 0007016.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 17

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)

  • 87Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.77×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Rittenhouse Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rittenhouse Square

Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. 77% 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. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. The voucher gap is 20.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.

Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.3 points. Cost burden runs 43% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.

On the national scale it lands near the 67th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $90,343.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101000701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000701?

Census tract 42101000701 in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 42101000701?

Median gross rent is $2,177/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000701?

11.7% of residents in tract 42101000701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,807.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 0th, minority 38th, housing 87th.
Q5

Is tract 42101000701 considered part of Rittenhouse Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000701 fall within Rittenhouse Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 42101000701 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.77× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 42101000701 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101000701 scores 5.3/10, 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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