Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Wissahickon Hills Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101980100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 307 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 42101980100 sits in the Wissahickon Hills area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 307 residents. 100% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 0%
Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units66
Renter share4.5%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate0.0%
Median income$108,889
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0475, -75.2127 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wissahickon Hills scores 5.4
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
0.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Wissahickon Hills compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 0
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 0%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 8%Racial/ethnic minority
- 3%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.
- 4%Grade A
- 10%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)
- 3Total filings over 3 yrs
- 13.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.3%Peak (2011)
- 1Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 0Total filings 2020-21
- 0.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.00×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 Wissahickon Hills. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wissahickon Hills
The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 3 filings here across 3 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 8.3% of renter households were served. 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 13.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. At 5% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101980100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101980100?
Census tract 42101980100 in the Wissahickon Hills neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42101980100?
0.0% of residents in tract 42101980100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 307.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101980100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 0th, household 2th, minority 8th, housing 3th.
Q4
Is tract 42101980100 considered part of Wissahickon Hills?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101980100 fall within Wissahickon Hills (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101980100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 3 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 42101980100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.89% of renter households, peaking at 8.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42101980100 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101980100 scores 5.4/10, lower 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.
Q7
Was tract 42101980100 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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