Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Spruce Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101008601 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,376 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42101008601 is a census tract in the Spruce Hill area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,376 residents. Severe burden reaches 23%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 34%
Stable renters 41%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,594
Renter share74.4%
SVI overall0.65
Poverty rate15.3%
Median income$87,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
31
th percentile
Low
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9537, -75.2166 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spruce Hill scores 5.6
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
15.3% poverty · this tract
3.8
Supply constraint
$1,618 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Spruce Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 65
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 57%Socioeconomic
- 22%Household composition
- 62%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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
- 13%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)
- 311Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.44%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.4%Peak (2012)
- 70Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 207Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.53×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 Spruce Hill. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spruce Hill
74% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points.
At $1,618 a month, rents run 16% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 311 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 8.4% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 7.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.9/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101008601
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101008601?
Census tract 42101008601 in the Spruce Hill neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 42101008601?
Median gross rent is $1,618/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101008601?
15.3% of residents in tract 42101008601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,376.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101008601?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 65th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 57th, household 22th, minority 62th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 42101008601 considered part of Spruce Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101008601 fall within Spruce Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101008601?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 311 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101008601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.44% of renter households, peaking at 8.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101008601 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× 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 42101008601 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101008601 scores 5.6/10, 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 42101008601 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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