Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Saint Martins Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101023100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,573 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101023100 is a census tract in the Saint Martins area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 1,573. 16% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units565
Renter share30.8%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate7.4%
Median income$179,911
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
7
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
18
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0667, -75.2039 · click any tract to drill in
Why Saint Martins 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
7.4% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$1,920 rent vs county FMR
5.7
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 Saint Martins compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 20%Racial/ethnic minority
- 5%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 48%Grade A
- 43%Grade B
- 3%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)
- 20Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.0%Peak (2012)
- 3Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 3Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.10×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Saint Martins. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Saint Martins
At $1,920 a month, rents run 37% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.9/10.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. The severe-burden share is 9%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 20 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2012 at 3.0% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 2.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 1.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101023100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101023100?
Census tract 42101023100 in the Saint Martins 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 42101023100?
Median gross rent is $1,920/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 16% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101023100?
7.4% of residents in tract 42101023100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,573.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101023100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 31th, minority 20th, housing 5th.
Q5
Is tract 42101023100 considered part of Saint Martins?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101023100 fall within Saint Martins (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101023100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101023100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.28% of renter households, peaking at 3.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101023100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.10× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101023100 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101023100 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 42101023100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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