Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Whitman Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101004103 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,000 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
42101004103 is a census tract in the Whitman area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Set annual rent against average income of $52,083 and the ratio lands at 36%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units1,332
Renter share37.2%
SVI overall0.80
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$52,083
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
95
th percentile
Very High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9193, -75.1598 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitman 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
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,568 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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 Whitman compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 80
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 99%Socioeconomic
- 46%Household composition
- 87%Racial/ethnic minority
- 35%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 0%Grade C
- 100%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 58Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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 Whitman. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitman
The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 43% of renters here are cost-burdened. Average gross rent is $1,568, 12% above the Philadelphia average.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.2/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101004103
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101004103?
Census tract 42101004103 in the Whitman 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 42101004103?
Median gross rent is $1,568/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101004103?
32.3% of residents in tract 42101004103 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,000.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101004103?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 80th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 46th, minority 87th, housing 35th.
Q5
Is tract 42101004103 considered part of Whitman?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101004103 fall within Whitman (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 42101004103 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 42101004103 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101004103 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.
Q8
Was tract 42101004103 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 100% 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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