Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #54,934 of 84,120 nationally
Washington Square West Eviction Risk: Lower , Philadelphia
Tract 42101001102 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,722 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 42101001102 belongs to Washington Square West in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is home to 2,722 residents and scores 6.3/10, an elevated reading for landlords. That is riskier than about 82% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 37% of renter households, a high level, and 7% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,752 a month against an average household income of $136,310 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 51% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 32%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,584
Renter share50.6%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate3.1%
Median income$136,310
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9443, -75.1567 · click any tract to drill in
Why Washington Square West scores 3.2
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
3.1% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,752 rent vs county FMR
4.7
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: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 4%Socioeconomic
- 3%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 100%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)
- 53Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.5%Peak (2011)
- 13Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 30% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 38Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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
The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 100% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 19th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101001102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101001102?
Census tract 42101001102 in the Washington Square West neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (Lower 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 42101001102?
Median gross rent is $1,752/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101001102?
3.1% of residents in tract 42101001102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,722.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101001102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 4th, household 3th, minority 41th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 42101001102 considered part of Washington Square West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101001102 fall within Washington Square West (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101001102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101001102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.27% of renter households, peaking at 1.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101001102 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101001102 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101001102 scores 3.2/10, lower than the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. 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 42101001102 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. 100% 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.
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