4 census tracts · pop 20,518 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.3/10
· range 6.1–8
Volunteertown is a 4-tract neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA, population 20,518. Scored across those inputs it reaches 7.3/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened at the 30% threshold, markedly above the Philadelphia rate of 31.4%.
The severe-burden share is 29%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Set annual rent against average household income of $52,560 and the ratio lands at 33%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The 4 tracts inside this boundary do not behave alike. Individual scores run 6.1 to 8, a 1.9-point gap wide enough that the area average misleads on any specific address. The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than the filing statistics suggest. What pushes the score up most is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. Court records carry 880 eviction filings across its 3 observed tracts.
Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7.5/10. Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 13.3% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 8.5% in 2016 against a 13.3% peak.
Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #50 by risk, the upper third. For a like-for-like read, Kingsessing and North Central score within a fraction of it.
Underwrite the address, not the area: with 1.9 points between its best and worst tract, the per-tract table below is the operative number. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
7.3
Elevated
4 tracts · population-weighted
Volunteertown vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority83%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Volunteertown
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
880Total filings (sum)
8.82%Avg annual filing rate
13.3%Peak year (2012)
8.06%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
692Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly observed
5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
0.47×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Volunteertown
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Volunteertown?
Volunteertown scores 7.3/10 (Elevated tier) across 4 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 Volunteertown compare to Philadelphia overall?
Volunteertown scores 0.7 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 50% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,448 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Volunteertown?
Average gross rent in Volunteertown is $1,448/month (pop-weighted across 4 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Volunteertown residents are renters?
56% of Volunteertown households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 20,518 residents.
Q5
Is Volunteertown a high social-vulnerability area?
Volunteertown sits in the 90th 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.
Q6
Which tracts in Volunteertown have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Volunteertown is census tract 42101039001 (score 8/10). Across the 4 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.1 to 8, a spread of 1.9 points.
Q7
How safe is Volunteertown for landlords?
Volunteertown carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.3/10). Pop-weighted across 4 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 higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Volunteertown?
Volunteertown has 20,471 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (31.9%), Hispanic / Latino (28.8%), White (non-Hispanic) (22.5%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
