Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,889 of 84,120 nationally
Southwest Germantown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101024300 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,204 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 42101024300 belongs to the Southwest Germantown area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is home to 4,204 residents and scores 6.8/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 91% of US census tracts.
About 58% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 25% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,198 a month while the average household earns $56,364 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 53% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units1,914
Renter share53.2%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate13.1%
Median income$56,364
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
41
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0216, -75.1710 · click any tract to drill in
Why Southwest Germantown scores 5.3
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
13.1% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,198 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Southwest Germantown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 80%Socioeconomic
- 18%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 92%Grade C
- 8%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)
- 1,042Total filings over 4 yrs
- 28.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 28.8%Peak (2011)
- 242Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 474Total filings 2020-21
- 6.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 15.7Pre-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 Southwest Germantown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Southwest Germantown
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.
Part of this tract, about 8% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 1,042 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 28.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 28.8% of renter households in 2011.
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 42101024300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101024300?
Census tract 42101024300 in the Southwest Germantown neighborhood scores 5.3/10 (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 42101024300?
Median gross rent is $1,198/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101024300?
13.1% of residents in tract 42101024300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,204.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101024300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 80th, household 18th, minority 90th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 42101024300 considered part of Southwest Germantown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101024300 fall within Southwest Germantown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101024300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,042 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101024300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 28.42% of renter households, peaking at 28.8% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101024300 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 42101024300 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101024300 scores 5.3/10, right in line with 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 42101024300 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 8% 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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