Washington Square West Eviction Risk: Moderate
3 census tracts · pop 6,994 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.4/10 · range 5.2–5.8
Washington Square West takes in 3 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA, population 6,994. The Eviction Risk Score is 5.4/10, in the Moderate tier. Average gross rent is $1,846, 32% above the Philadelphia average of $1,397.
76% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over. Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 2.4/10.
On the high side is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. Severe burden reaches 11%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Filings are well documented here: 141 across 3 observed tracts. Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. Against a Philadelphia baseline of 31.4%, 36% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
Filing activity peaked in 2011 at 2.6% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 1.1% in 2016, is well off that peak. Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #109 by risk, the lower third.
For a like-for-like read, Blue Grass and Parkwood Manor score within a fraction of it. Against average income of $118,260, annual rent is only 19%, a wide affordability cushion. The 3 tracts here are tightly clustered, 0.6 points apart at the extremes.
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.
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Risk heat across Washington Square West and the region
Click any tract to drill in · 3 tracts span score 5.2–5.8
Why Washington Square West scores 5.4
9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendlyWashington Square West vs. parent city, state, U.S.
Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).
How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Washington Square West?
Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.
3 tracts in Washington Square West
Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.
| Tract↕ | Score↕ | Pop↕ | % over 30% on rent↕ | Average rent↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42101000902 | 5.8 | 2,736 | 36% | $1,630 |
| 42101001102 | 5.2 | 2,722 | 37% | $1,752 |
| 42101000600 | 5.2 | 1,536 | 32% | $2,398 |
CDC SVI percentile: 35
Pop-weighted across 3 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.
Court-record eviction history in Washington Square West
Aggregated across 3 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 141Total filings (sum)
- 1.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.6%Peak year (2011)
- 1.09%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 143Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly observed
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
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