Neighborhood · Philadelphia, PA

Tacony Eviction Risk: Elevated

5 census tracts · pop 25,166 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.4/10 · range 5.2–7.1

Tacony is a 5-tract neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA and houses 25,166 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.4/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Cost burden runs 56% against 31.4% citywide, putting Tacony 24.1% over its own city.

36% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.2 to 7.1, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk. Pulling the other way is supply constraint, at 2.4/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. Filings are well documented here: 1,016 across 5 observed tracts. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10.

The poverty rate is 17%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 16.7% of renter households. That places it #72 of 152 neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

Judgments average 5.9% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. For a like-for-like read, Harrisburg and Oxford Circle score within a fraction of it.

For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 6.4 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.

Risk score

6.4

Elevated

5 tracts · population-weighted

Tacony vs Philadelphia How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average

% of income on rent

55.5% +77%

Philadelphia: 31.4%

Average gross rent

$1,328 -5%

Philadelphia: $1,397

Average HH income

$60,903 +0%

Philadelphia: $60,698

Poverty rate

16.5% -25%

Philadelphia: 22.0%

Renter share

37.8% -22%

Philadelphia: 48.2%

Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Tacony and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 5 tracts span score 5.2–7.1

Why Tacony scores 6.4

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

56% 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

38% 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

16.5% below poverty line · Range 2.3–5.7 across tracts

4.1

Supply constraint

Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–4.1 across tracts

2.4

Risk score comparison

Tacony vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Tacony?

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 1.9 points from 5.2 to 7.1. Moderate variation across constituent tracts.

Tracts as heat grid

7.1 7.1 6.7 6.6 5.2

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

Census tracts

5 tracts in Tacony

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

Tract↕	Score↕	Pop↕	% over 30% on rent↕	Average rent↕
42101031501	7.1	7,479	55%	$1,648
42101038100	7.1	780	70%	$1,512
42101032500	6.7	6,195	47%	$1,016
42101031502	6.6	3,700	65%	$1,560
42101032600	5.2	7,012	57%	$1,120

Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 79

Pop-weighted across 5 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 82%ile

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

Household characteristics 81%ile

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

Racial/ethnic minority 68%ile

Hispanic + non-white share of population

Housing & transport 46%ile

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

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Tacony

Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

1,016Total filings (sum)
8.75%Avg annual filing rate
16.7%Peak year (2016)
9.46%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

1,059Total filings 2020-21
3.4Avg monthly observed
4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
0.69×Ratio to baseline

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

Frequently asked

About Tacony

What is the eviction-risk score for Tacony?

Tacony scores 6.4/10 (Elevated tier) across 5 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 Tacony compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tacony scores 0.2 points lower than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,328 vs $1,397.

What is the average rent in Tacony?

Average gross rent in Tacony is $1,328/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What percentage of Tacony residents are renters?

38% of Tacony households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 25,166 residents.

Is Tacony a high social-vulnerability area?

Tacony sits in the 79th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.

Which tracts in Tacony have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Tacony is census tract 42101031501 (score 7.1/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 7.1, a spread of 1.9 points.

How safe is Tacony for landlords?

Tacony carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.4/10). Pop-weighted across 5 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 in line with the citywide level.

What is the demographic breakdown of Tacony?

Tacony has 24,674 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (44.7%), Hispanic / Latino (18.9%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (16.8%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.

Nearby

Other neighborhoods near Tacony

7.8 Wissinoming 8 tracts · pop 42,449 7.5 Mayfair 2 tracts · pop 15,725 7 Lexington Park 4 tracts · pop 18,303 6.1 Holmesburg 2 tracts · pop 7,547 6.3 Oxford Circle 4 tracts · pop 21,186 7.2 Volunteertown 4 tracts · pop 20,518

Sibling neighborhoods

Other neighborhoods inside Philadelphia

Same parent city, ranked by score similarity to Tacony.

6.4 Oxford Circle 4 tracts · pop 21,186 6.4 Harrisburg 1 tracts · pop 4,719 6.3 Brewerytown 3 tracts · pop 8,019 6.3 Kensington 4 tracts · pop 18,175 6.3 Point Breeze 3 tracts · pop 10,811 6.3 Fern Rock 1 tracts · pop 4,066

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