Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #26,446 of 84,120 nationally
West Oak Lane Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101026400 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,674 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
For landlords sizing up the West Oak Lane area of Philadelphia, census tract 42101026400 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of $1/10. That is riskier than about 74% of US census tracts.
About 26% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 6% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,291 a month while the average household earns $63,867 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 31% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units2,319
Renter share30.6%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate9.6%
Median income$63,867
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
31
th percentile
Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0625, -75.1620 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Oak Lane scores 4.9
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
9.6% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,291 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Oak Lane compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 85%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 42%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 79%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 108Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.94%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.2%Peak (2012)
- 21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 28% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 58Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.59×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 West Oak Lane. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Oak Lane
The heaviest input here is 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 108 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 7.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.2% of renter households in 2012.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 73rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
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 42101026400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101026400?
Census tract 42101026400 in the West Oak Lane neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 42101026400?
Median gross rent is $1,291/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101026400?
9.6% of residents in tract 42101026400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,674.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101026400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 85th, minority 98th, housing 42th.
Q5
Is tract 42101026400 considered part of West Oak Lane?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101026400 fall within West Oak Lane (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101026400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 108 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101026400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.94% of renter households, peaking at 10.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101026400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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 42101026400 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101026400 scores 4.9/10, 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 42101026400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% 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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7.1
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