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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Saint Martins Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101025600 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,814 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

42101025600 is a census tract in the Saint Martins area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,814 residents. 30% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 24% Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,235
Renter share34.5%
SVI overall0.25
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$87,788

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Saint Martins
Very Low
Within parent city
11 th percentile
Rank, 11th percentileLowHigh
#363 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#360 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very Low
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#1,074 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0683, -75.1883 · click any tract to drill in

Why Saint Martins scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,571 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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.
Saint Martins risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0256006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 25

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 210Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 13.77%Avg annual filing rate
  • 16.8%Peak (2011)
  • 38Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101025600
Filings dropped 22% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 131Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.64×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.

The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Court records carry 210 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

At $1,571 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. Filings peaked in 2011 at 16.8% 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 13.8% 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 3.3/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101025600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101025600?

Census tract 42101025600 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 42101025600?

Median gross rent is $1,571/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101025600?

3.7% of residents in tract 42101025600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,814.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101025600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 25th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 8th, minority 66th, housing 62th.
Q5

Is tract 42101025600 considered part of Saint Martins?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101025600 fall within Saint Martins (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101025600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 210 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101025600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.77% of renter households, peaking at 16.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101025600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× 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 42101025600 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101025600 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 42101025600 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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