Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Upper Holmesburg Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101034900 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,398 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 42101034900 sits in the Upper Holmesburg area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.9/10. Population here is 5,398. 33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units2,156
Renter share38.7%
SVI overall0.76
Poverty rate19.8%
Median income$54,689
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
56
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0450, -75.0097 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper Holmesburg scores 6.9
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
19.8% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,119 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Upper Holmesburg compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 76
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 71%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 75%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%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
- 0%Grade B
- 78%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)
- 285Total filings over 4 yrs
- 8.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.2%Peak (2012)
- 65Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 256Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.63×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 Upper Holmesburg. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper Holmesburg
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.2/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. At $1,119 a month, rents run 20% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 285 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 9.2% of renter households. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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.
In a typical year about 8.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #13,349 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101034900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101034900?
Census tract 42101034900 in the Upper Holmesburg neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated 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 42101034900?
Median gross rent is $1,119/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101034900?
19.8% of residents in tract 42101034900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,398.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101034900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 76th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 85th, minority 75th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 42101034900 considered part of Upper Holmesburg?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101034900 fall within Upper Holmesburg (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101034900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 285 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101034900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.05% of renter households, peaking at 9.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101034900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× 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 42101034900 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101034900 scores 6.9/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101034900 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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