Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,308 of 84,120 nationally
West Central Germantown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101023800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,396 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42101023800 is a census tract in the West Central Germantown area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 6.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,396. 42% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 44%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,335
Renter share63.3%
SVI overall0.87
Poverty rate21.7%
Median income$66,691
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
55
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
88
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0389, -75.1827 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Central Germantown scores 6.7
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
21.7% poverty · this tract
5.4
Supply constraint
$1,207 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 West Central Germantown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 87
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 75%Household composition
- 83%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 33%Grade B
- 51%Grade C
- 15%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)
- 670Total filings over 4 yrs
- 14.45%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.3%Peak (2012)
- 141Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 555Total filings 2020-21
- 7.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.78×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 West Central Germantown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Central Germantown
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 70% of renters here are cost-burdened. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.7/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
The filing record is not thin: 670 evictions over 4 years of observation. Average gross rent is $1,207, 14% below the Philadelphia average. Filings peaked in 2012 at 19.3% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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 14.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 83rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101023800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101023800?
Census tract 42101023800 in the West Central Germantown neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (Elevated 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 42101023800?
Median gross rent is $1,207/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101023800?
21.7% of residents in tract 42101023800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,396.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101023800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 87th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 75th, minority 83th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 42101023800 considered part of West Central Germantown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101023800 fall within West Central Germantown (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101023800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 670 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101023800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 14.45% of renter households, peaking at 19.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101023800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× 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 42101023800 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101023800 scores 6.7/10, right in line with 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 42101023800 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. 15% 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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