Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Society Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101001002 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,583 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 42101001002 in the Society Hill area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Average gross rent is $2,086, 49% above the Philadelphia average.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 68%
Tract context
Occupied units2,224
Renter share31.6%
SVI overall0.16
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$137,250
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9450, -75.1466 · click any tract to drill in
Why Society Hill 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
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$2,086 rent vs county FMR
6.6
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 Society Hill 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.
- 6%Socioeconomic
- 4%Household composition
- 24%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 66%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)
- 25Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.6%Peak (2016)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 71% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 53Total filings 2020-21
- 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.95×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 Society Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Society Hill
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The voucher gap is 15.8%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 25 filings here across 4 tracked years. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 1.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 0.8% 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 2.4/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
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 42101001002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101001002?
Census tract 42101001002 in the Society Hill 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 42101001002?
Median gross rent is $2,086/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101001002?
5.0% of residents in tract 42101001002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,583.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101001002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 16th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 6th, household 4th, minority 24th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 42101001002 considered part of Society Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101001002 fall within Society Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101001002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 25 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101001002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.83% of renter households, peaking at 1.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101001002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.95× 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 42101001002 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101001002 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 42101001002 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 66% 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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