Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
West Oak Lane Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101026500 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,370 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42101026500 sits in the West Oak Lane area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. Severe burden reaches 54%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 79%
Tract context
Occupied units1,835
Renter share21.1%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate25.7%
Median income$46,806
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0587, -75.1547 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Oak Lane scores 7.7
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
25.7% poverty · this tract
6.4
Supply constraint
$1,522 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 96%Socioeconomic
- 59%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 55%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
- 86%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)
- 151Total filings over 4 yrs
- 8.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.1%Peak (2011)
- 38Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 132Total filings 2020-21
- 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.58×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
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 86% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $46,806 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 26%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 151 filings here across 4 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 10.1% of renter households were served. Average gross rent is $1,522, 9% above the Philadelphia average. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 8.5% of renter households face a filing.
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 42101026500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101026500?
Census tract 42101026500 in the West Oak Lane neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 42101026500?
Median gross rent is $1,522/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 86% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101026500?
25.7% of residents in tract 42101026500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,370.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101026500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 96th, household 59th, minority 97th, housing 55th.
Q5
Is tract 42101026500 considered part of West Oak Lane?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101026500 fall within West Oak Lane (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101026500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 151 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101026500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.47% of renter households, peaking at 10.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101026500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.58× 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 42101026500 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101026500 scores 7.7/10, 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 42101026500 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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