Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Wayne Junction Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101020400 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,981 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 8/10, tract 42101020400 in the Wayne Junction area of Philadelphia, PA reads high for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,981. The severe-burden share is 44%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units1,315
Renter share23.9%
SVI overall0.79
Poverty rate44.2%
Median income$46,037
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
91
th percentile
Very High
Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0198, -75.1525 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wayne Junction scores 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
44.2% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,384 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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 Wayne Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 79
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 62%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 76%Grade C
- 22%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)
- 194Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.30%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2016)
- 55Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 22% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 189Total filings 2020-21
- 2.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.51×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wayne Junction
76% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $46,037 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points.
Court records carry 194 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 10.8% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 9.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101020400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101020400?
Census tract 42101020400 in the Wayne Junction neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 42101020400?
Median gross rent is $1,384/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 76% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101020400?
44.2% of residents in tract 42101020400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,981.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101020400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 79th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 62th, minority 98th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42101020400 considered part of Wayne Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101020400 fall within Wayne Junction (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101020400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 194 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101020400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.30% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101020400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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 42101020400 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101020400 scores 8/10, higher 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 42101020400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 22% 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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