5 census tracts · pop 22,805 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 5.7/10
· range 5.3–6.4
Wharton spans 5 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA, population 22,805. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 5.7/10, in the Moderate tier. Cost burden runs 41% against 31.4% citywide, putting Wharton 10.0% over its own city.
25% are severely burdened, paying half their income or more in rent. That cohort has no absorption capacity for an unexpected bill, and it is where non-payment filings originate. The dominant input is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10. Internally this is not one market. Tract scores span 5.3 to 6.4, so two buildings inside the same boundary can carry materially different risk.
Running hot is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10. Filings are well documented here: 456 across 5 observed tracts. Sitting well above the midpoint is housing-court posture at 7.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 5.3% of renter households. The most recent observed rate, 2.5% in 2016, is well off that peak. At $1,495 a month, rents sit 7% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #99 by risk, the middle third. For a like-for-like read, Pennsport and East Mount Airy score within a fraction of it.
Annual rent works out to 22% of average household income of $83,258. 40% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
For a specific building, read the per-tract breakdown below rather than the 5.7 headline, because the internal range is too wide to average safely. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
5 tracts · population-weighted
Wharton vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority61%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport65%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wharton
Aggregated across 5 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
456Total filings (sum)
2.73%Avg annual filing rate
5.3%Peak year (2012)
2.41%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
262Total filings 2020-21
0.7Avg monthly observed
1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.48×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Wharton
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wharton?
Wharton scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier) across 5 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Wharton compare to Philadelphia overall?
Wharton scores 0.9 points lower than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 41% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,495 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wharton?
Average gross rent in Wharton is $1,495/month (pop-weighted across 5 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wharton residents are renters?
40% of Wharton households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 22,805 residents.
Q5
Is Wharton a high social-vulnerability area?
Wharton sits in the 72nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Wharton have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Wharton is census tract 42101002801 (score 6.4/10). Across the 5 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 5.3 to 6.4, a spread of 1.1 points.
Q7
How safe is Wharton for landlords?
Wharton carries a moderate-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (5.7/10). Pop-weighted across 5 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Philadelphia as a whole (6.6/10), this neighborhood is lower-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Wharton?
Wharton has 23,348 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (52.2%), Asian (non-Hispanic) (18.9%), Hispanic / Latino (17.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
