Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #34,332 of 84,120 nationally
Roxborough Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101021100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,581 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
How risky is the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia for landlords? Census tract 42101021100 scores 5.9/10, the Moderate tier. On the national scale it ranks #24,785 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 22% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,640 a month while the average household earns $92,610 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. About 32% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 24%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,249
Renter share31.5%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$92,610
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0264, -75.2065 · click any tract to drill in
Why Roxborough scores 4.4
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,640 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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 Roxborough compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 16
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 82%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
- 1%Grade B
- 16%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)
- 76Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.13%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.0%Peak (2011)
- 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 163% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 47Total filings 2020-21
- 0.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.85×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 Roxborough. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Roxborough
What moves this score most 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.
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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.85x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101021100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101021100?
Census tract 42101021100 in the Roxborough neighborhood scores 4.4/10 (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 42101021100?
Median gross rent is $1,640/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101021100?
8.6% of residents in tract 42101021100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,581.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101021100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 2th, minority 46th, housing 82th.
Q5
Is tract 42101021100 considered part of Roxborough?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101021100 fall within Roxborough (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101021100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 76 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101021100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.13% of renter households, peaking at 5.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101021100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.85× 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 42101021100 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101021100 scores 4.4/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101021100 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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