2 census tracts · pop 6,474 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10
· range 5.2–5.5
Upper Roxborough is a 2-tract neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA and houses 6,474 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 5.4/10, placing it in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 54% against 31.4% citywide, putting Upper Roxborough 23.0% over its own city.
Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 2.2/10. At $1,730 a month, rents sit 24% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
16% 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. On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. Filings are well documented here: 425 across 2 observed tracts.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. The worst year on record was 2016, when filings touched 8.1% of renter households.
That places it #109 of 152 neighborhoods in Philadelphia. Judgments average 1.5% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
The closest comparables inside the same city are Blue Grass and Parkwood Manor. The 2 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.3 points apart at the extremes. Annual rent works out to 27% of average household income of $75,920.
65% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
With little internal variation, 5.4/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
2 tracts · population-weighted
Upper Roxborough vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority54%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport74%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Upper Roxborough
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
425Total filings (sum)
5.43%Avg annual filing rate
8.1%Peak year (2016)
6.33%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
926Total filings 2020-21
9.3Avg monthly observed
11.0Pre-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 Upper Roxborough
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Upper Roxborough?
Upper Roxborough scores 5.4/10 (Moderate tier) across 2 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.
Q2
How does Upper Roxborough compare to Philadelphia overall?
Upper Roxborough scores 1.2 points lower than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 54% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,730 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Upper Roxborough?
Average gross rent in Upper Roxborough is $1,730/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Upper Roxborough residents are renters?
65% of Upper Roxborough households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 6,474 residents.
Q5
Is Upper Roxborough a high social-vulnerability area?
Upper Roxborough sits in the 55th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Upper Roxborough have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Upper Roxborough is census tract 42101021800 (score 5.5/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.2 to 5.5, a spread of 0.3 points.
Q7
How safe is Upper Roxborough for landlords?
Upper Roxborough carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.4/10). Pop-weighted across 2 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 lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Upper Roxborough?
Upper Roxborough has 6,185 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (60.6%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22.2%), Hispanic / Latino (11.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
