Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Wissahickon Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101020900 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,366 · neighborhood within 0.0 mi
42101020900 is a census tract in the Wissahickon area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,366 residents. Cost burden runs 21% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 40%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,422
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate6.1%
Median income$125,064
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0187, -75.2090 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wissahickon scores 5.2
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
6.1% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,683 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 29%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 43%Grade C
- 24%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)
- 21Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.1%Peak (2012)
- 6Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 20% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 22Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.67×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wissahickon
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. At $1,683 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
Severe burden reaches 9%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The filing record is not thin: 21 evictions over 4 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 1.1% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 2.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $125,064, an unusually wide affordability cushion. Of its three components the household composition 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 42101020900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101020900?
Census tract 42101020900 in the Wissahickon neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 42101020900?
Median gross rent is $1,683/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101020900?
6.1% of residents in tract 42101020900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,366.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101020900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 29th, household 1th, minority 44th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 42101020900 considered part of Wissahickon?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101020900 fall within Wissahickon (neighborhood centroid within 0.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101020900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101020900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.80% of renter households, peaking at 1.1% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101020900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.67× 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 42101020900 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101020900 scores 5.2/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101020900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 24% 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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