Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Somerton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101036501 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,831 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 42101036501, home to 4,831 residents in Somerton in Philadelphia, scores 6.9/10 for landlord eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #6,230 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
53% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,308 monthly, set against $83,697 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 36% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 64%
Tract context
Occupied units2,130
Renter share35.6%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate16.6%
Median income$83,697
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
34
th percentile
Low
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.1289, -75.0123 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somerton scores 5
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
16.6% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Somerton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 55%Racial/ethnic minority
- 78%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
- 87%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)
- 279Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.15%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.1%Peak (2016)
- 78Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 158Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.39×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 Somerton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Somerton
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 about the same as the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101036501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101036501?
Census tract 42101036501 in the Somerton neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 42101036501?
Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101036501?
16.6% of residents in tract 42101036501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,831.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101036501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 89th, minority 55th, housing 78th.
Q5
Is tract 42101036501 considered part of Somerton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101036501 fall within Somerton (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101036501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 279 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101036501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.15% of renter households, peaking at 7.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101036501 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.39× 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 42101036501 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101036501 scores 5/10, 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 42101036501 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.
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