Within neighborhood
60
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Rittenhouse Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101000803 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,998 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42101000803 is a census tract in the Rittenhouse Square area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 2,998. 22% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.2
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
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
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 5.2
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
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,762, 26% above the Philadelphia average. It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
Cost burden runs 44% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. Court records carry 56 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2011, when 1.4% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 1.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.5/10.
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 42101000803
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000803?
Census tract 42101000803 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 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 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.
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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