Neighborhood · Philadelphia, PA

Spring Garden Eviction Risk: Moderate

4 census tracts · pop 13,146 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.2/10 · range 5.2–5.4

Spring Garden is a 4-tract neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA, population 13,146. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.2/10, in the Moderate tier. At $1,953 a month, rents sit 40% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.

69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Rent consumes at least 30% of income for 30% of renter households. What pushes the score up most is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.

Severe burden reaches 14%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10.

Court records carry 306 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts. Running hot is housing-court posture at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2012, when filings touched 5.4% of renter households.

The most recent observed rate, 1.8% in 2016, is well off that peak. Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #125 by risk, the lower third.

For a like-for-like read, Society Hill and Highland score within a fraction of it. Its 4 tracts score within 0.2 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses.

With little internal variation, 5.2/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score

5.2

Moderate

4 tracts · population-weighted

Spring Garden vs Philadelphia How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

30.1% -4%

Philadelphia: 31.4%

Average gross rent

$1,953 +40%

Philadelphia: $1,397

Average HH income

$111,344 +83%

Philadelphia: $60,698

Poverty rate

11.9% -46%

Philadelphia: 22.0%

Renter share

69.0% +43%

Philadelphia: 48.2%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Spring Garden and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 4 tracts span score 5.2–5.4

Why Spring Garden scores 5.2

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly

State political climate

legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts

3.4

Regional political climate

County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.2–8.2 across tracts

8.2

Local political climate

Parent city governance · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts

8.0

Rent control risk

30% of income on rent · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts

6.0

Eviction process difficulty

State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Tenant organizing strength

69% renter households · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Housing court bias

County bench composition · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts

7.5

Economic stress

11.9% below poverty line · Range 1.8–3.8 across tracts

3.0

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 4.6–7.1 across tracts

5.9

Risk score comparison

Spring Garden vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Spring Garden?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution

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Spread of 0.2 points from 5.2 to 5.4. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.

Tracts as heat grid

5.4 5.2 5.2 5.2

Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.

Census tracts

4 tracts in Spring Garden

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
42101013402	5.4	2,929	32%	$1,732
42101012502	5.2	3,743	35%	$2,174
42101013300	5.2	3,500	26%	$1,722
42101013401	5.2	2,974	27%	$2,164

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 30

Pop-weighted across 4 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 22%ile

Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden

Household characteristics 10%ile

Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+

Racial/ethnic minority 49%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 75%ile

Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Spring Garden

Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

306Total filings (sum)
2.41%Avg annual filing rate
5.4%Peak year (2012)
1.95%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

399Total filings 2020-21
1.3Avg monthly observed
2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
0.62×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).

Frequently asked

About Spring Garden

What is the eviction-risk score for Spring Garden?

Spring Garden scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier) across 4 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.

How does Spring Garden compare to Philadelphia overall?

Spring Garden scores 1.4 points lower than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 30% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,953 vs $1,397.

What is the average rent in Spring Garden?

Average gross rent in Spring Garden is $1,953/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Spring Garden residents are renters?

69% of Spring Garden households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 13,146 residents.

Is Spring Garden a high social-vulnerability area?

Spring Garden sits in the 30th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (less vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Spring Garden have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Spring Garden is census tract 42101013402 (score 5.4/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 5.4, a spread of 0.2 points.

How safe is Spring Garden for landlords?

Spring Garden carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.2/10). Pop-weighted across 4 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Philadelphia as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.

What is the demographic breakdown of Spring Garden?

Spring Garden has 13,282 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (67.8%), Black (non-Hispanic) (13%), Hispanic / Latino (8.2%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Spring Garden

5.3 Logan Square 3 tracts · pop 9,279 5.2 Fairmount 2 tracts · pop 6,857 7.7 Sharswood 3 tracts · pop 9,458 7.5 North Central 2 tracts · pop 9,064 8 Poplar 2 tracts · pop 4,828 7.6 Powelton Village 4 tracts · pop 12,589

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Philadelphia

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Spring Garden.

5.2 Vereeville 1 tracts · pop 8,014 5.2 Andorra 1 tracts · pop 2,529 5.2 Society Hill 3 tracts · pop 8,540 5.2 Highland 1 tracts · pop 1,843 5.2 Graduate Hospital 2 tracts · pop 5,868 5.2 Carpenter 1 tracts · pop 1,395

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