Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Summerdale Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101039002 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,685 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
42101039002 is a census tract in the Summerdale area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,685 residents. The severe-burden share is 55%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 2%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,742
Renter share8.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate13.3%
Median income$64,733
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
39
th percentile
Low
Within county
37
th percentile
Low
Within state
80
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0324, -75.0952 · click any tract to drill in
Why Summerdale scores 5.9
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
13.3% poverty · this tract
3.3
Supply constraint
$1,032 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Summerdale compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 78%Socioeconomic
- 98%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 11%Grade B
- 37%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 154Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Summerdale
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 74% of renters here are cost-burdened. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Average gross rent is $1,032, 26% below the Philadelphia average. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
It sits 0.7 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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.
On the national scale it lands near the 77th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 8% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.9/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101039002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101039002?
Census tract 42101039002 in the Summerdale neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (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 42101039002?
Median gross rent is $1,032/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101039002?
13.3% of residents in tract 42101039002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,685.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101039002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 78th, household 98th, minority 92th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 42101039002 considered part of Summerdale?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101039002 fall within Summerdale (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 42101039002 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 42101039002 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101039002 scores 5.9/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 42101039002 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. 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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