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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

University City Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101036902 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 6,267 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

42101036902 is a census tract in the University City area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Population here is 6,267. Severe burden reaches 41%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 56% Stable renters 42% Owners 2%
Tract context
Occupied units1,013
Renter share98.3%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate46.9%
Median income$31,635

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In University City
Very High
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#60 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#84 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9523, -75.1890 · click any tract to drill in

Why University City scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
46.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$2,979 rent vs county FMR
10.0
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 University City compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
University City risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0369026.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 54

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 87Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.65×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 University City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in University City

Annualized rent equals 113% of average household income of $31,635, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. At $2,979 a month, rents run 113% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.

The poverty rate is 47%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, supply constraint reads 10/10.

The voucher gap is 65.3%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. This is renter territory: 98% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

Cost burden runs 57% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.

This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 5.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101036902

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101036902?

Census tract 42101036902 in the University City neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 42101036902?

Median gross rent is $2,979/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101036902?

46.9% of residents in tract 42101036902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,267.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101036902?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 0th, minority 65th, housing 97th.
Q5

Is tract 42101036902 considered part of University City?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101036902 fall within University City (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 42101036902 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.65× 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 42101036902 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101036902 scores 8/10, higher 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 42101036902 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 21% 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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