Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Roxborough Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101021200 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,967 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
42101021200 is a census tract in the Roxborough area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 34%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units1,228
Renter share33.2%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$109,861
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0348, -75.2125 · click any tract to drill in
Why Roxborough 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
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,471 rent vs county FMR
3.2
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: 32
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 27%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 98%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 42Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.00%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.6%Peak (2011)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 71Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.83×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 pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. Court records carry 42 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 5.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 3.0% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
Against average income of $109,861, annual rent is just 16%. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 45% of renters.
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 42101021200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101021200?
Census tract 42101021200 in the Roxborough 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 42101021200?
Median gross rent is $1,471/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101021200?
8.8% of residents in tract 42101021200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,967.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101021200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 27th, minority 31th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42101021200 considered part of Roxborough?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101021200 fall within Roxborough (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101021200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 42 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101021200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.00% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101021200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.83× 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 42101021200 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101021200 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 42101021200 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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