Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Somerton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101036501 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,831 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 42101036501 covers part of the Somerton area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 5.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.8
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
35
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.1289, -75.0123 · click any tract to drill in
Why Somerton scores 5.8
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 pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 279 filings here across 4 tracked years. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.
It sits 0.8 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. The worst year on record was 2016, when 7.1% 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 6.2% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #20,506 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 7.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
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 42101036501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101036501?
Census tract 42101036501 in the Somerton neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (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 5.8/10, 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 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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