Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #20,506 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Square West Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101000902 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,736 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Tract 42101000902 sits in the Washington eviction laws Square West area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. 89% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Risk score
5.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 57%
Owners 11%
Tract context
Occupied units1,367
Renter share89.0%
SVI overall0.55
Poverty rate16.8%
Median income$85,271
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
36
th percentile
Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
78
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9472, -75.1566 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Square West scores 5.8
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
16.8% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,630 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Washington Square West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 55
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 58%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 87%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 59%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)
- 37Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.2%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 21% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 24Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.39×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 Washington Square West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Washington Square West
36% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. Average gross rent is $1,630, 17% above the Philadelphia average.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The filing record is not thin: 37 evictions over 4 years of observation. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 1.2% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #20,506 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 42101000902
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000902?
Census tract 42101000902 in the Washington Square West neighborhood scores 5.8/10 (Moderate 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 42101000902?
Median gross rent is $1,630/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000902?
16.8% of residents in tract 42101000902 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,736.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000902?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 55th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 58th, minority 46th, housing 87th.
Q5
Is tract 42101000902 considered part of Washington Square West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000902 fall within Washington Square West (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101000902?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 37 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101000902 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.80% of renter households, peaking at 1.2% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101000902 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.39× 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 42101000902 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101000902 scores 5.8/10, lower 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 42101000902 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. 59% 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
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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