Within neighborhood
80
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #31,159 of 84,120 nationally
Rittenhouse Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101000803 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,998 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
How risky is Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia for landlords? Census tract 42101000803 scores 6.7/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 44% of renter households, a severe level, and 22% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,762 monthly, set against $86,538 in average yearly household income, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,338
Renter share53.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate10.5%
Median income$86,538
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
21
th percentile
Low
Within county
22
th percentile
Low
Within state
66
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9494, -75.1742 · click any tract to drill in
Why Rittenhouse Square scores 4.6
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
10.5% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,762 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 37%Racial/ethnic minority
- 68%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 51%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 56Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.99%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.4%Peak (2011)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 27% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 63Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.75×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 Rittenhouse Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Rittenhouse Square
The score leans hardest on 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 about the same as 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.75x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 42101000803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000803?
Census tract 42101000803 in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood scores 4.6/10 (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 42101000803?
Median gross rent is $1,762/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000803?
10.5% of residents in tract 42101000803 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,998.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000803?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 7th, minority 37th, housing 68th.
Q5
Is tract 42101000803 considered part of Rittenhouse Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000803 fall within Rittenhouse Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101000803?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 56 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101000803 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.99% of renter households, peaking at 1.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101000803 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.75× 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 42101000803 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101000803 scores 4.6/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101000803 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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