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Neighborhood · Philadelphia, PA

Wissinoming Eviction Risk: Elevated

8 census tracts · pop 42,449 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 7.8/10 · range 7.1–8

Wissinoming takes in 8 census tracts of Philadelphia, PA, population 42,449. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 7.8/10, in the Elevated tier. Severe burden reaches 41%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

Cost burden runs 64% against 31.4% citywide, putting Wissinoming 33.0% over its own city. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The poverty rate is 31%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. The dominant input is economic stress at 7.6/10. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.

Filings are well documented here: 2,314 across 8 observed tracts. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.5/10.

Filing activity peaked in 2016 at 22.4% of renter households. Among the 152 mapped neighborhoods of Philadelphia, it ranks #28 by risk, the upper third.

Judgments average 6.0% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order. Social vulnerability runs high at 8.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input.

With little internal variation, 7.8/10 is a fair proxy for any address inside the boundary. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.

Risk score
7.8
Elevated
8 tracts · population-weighted
Wissinoming vs Philadelphia How this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
% of income on rent
64.4% +105%
Philadelphia: 31.4%
Average gross rent
$1,348 -4%
Philadelphia: $1,397
Average HH income
$45,779 -25%
Philadelphia: $60,698
Poverty rate
30.7% +40%
Philadelphia: 22.0%
Renter share
41.0% -15%
Philadelphia: 48.2%
Peer neighborhoods

Neighborhoods with similar eviction risk

Same county, closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Wissinoming and the region

Click any tract to drill in · 8 tracts span score 7.1–8

Why Wissinoming scores 7.8

9 axes · pop-weighted · 1 = landlord-friendly
State political climate
legislature & governorship · Range 3.4–3.4 across tracts
3.4
Regional political climate
County-level mix · 2024 presidential margin · Range 8.2–8.2 across tracts
8.2
Local political climate
Parent city governance · Range 8.0–8.0 across tracts
8.0
Rent control risk
64% of income on rent · Range 6.0–6.0 across tracts
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State notice requirements & court backlog · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
41% renter households · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Housing court bias
County bench composition · Range 7.5–7.5 across tracts
7.5
Economic stress
30.7% below poverty line · Range 5.9–10.0 across tracts
7.6
Supply constraint
Rent-to-FMR gap & zoning friction · Range 1.0–3.7 across tracts
2.6
Risk score comparison

Wissinoming vs. parent city, state, U.S.

Eviction Risk Score (0–10 scale).

Wissinoming score vs. parent city, state, U.S.7.8WissinomingNeighborhood6.6Parent cityhost city4.9Stateavg in state5.1U.S.national avgU.S. avg = 5.0
Variance across tracts

How uniformly does eviction risk play out in Wissinoming?

Left: distribution of constituent tract scores. Right: every tract as a heat square. Click any square to drill in.

Score distribution
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Spread of 0.9 points from 7.1 to 8. Tracts are relatively uniform, so conditions feel similar throughout the neighborhood.
Tracts as heat grid
Each square = one census tract. Color tracks the same green→red ramp as the chloropleth map above.
Census tracts

8 tracts in Wissinoming

Ranked highest-risk first. Click for per-tract detail.

Tract↕ Score↕ Pop↕ % over 30% on rent↕ Average rent↕
42101031600 8 6,236 28% $1,536
42101031700 8 6,109 60% $1,411
42101031900 8 5,354 82% $1,284
42101029800 8 5,299 78% $1,154
42101029900 8 4,475 58% $1,260
42101032300 8 3,302 75% $904
42101032100 7.4 3,801 58% $1,349
42101032000 7.1 7,873 78% $1,560
Social Vulnerability Index

CDC SVI percentile: 85

Pop-weighted across 8 tracts. Higher = more vulnerable to disaster, displacement, and rent shocks. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI 2022.

Socioeconomic status 90%ile
Poverty, unemployment, no-HS-diploma, housing cost burden
Household characteristics 85%ile
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority 78%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport 45%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history in Wissinoming

Aggregated across 8 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 2,314Total filings (sum)
  • 9.67%Avg annual filing rate
  • 22.4%Peak year (2016)
  • 9.61%Latest filed (2016)

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 1,547Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.6Avg monthly observed
  • 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.52×Ratio to baseline

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).

Frequently asked

About Wissinoming

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for Wissinoming?

Wissinoming scores 7.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 8 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 Wissinoming compare to Philadelphia overall?

Wissinoming scores 1.2 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 64% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $1,348 vs $1,397.
Q3

What is the average rent in Wissinoming?

Average gross rent in Wissinoming is $1,348/month (pop-weighted across 8 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4

What percentage of Wissinoming residents are renters?

41% of Wissinoming households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 42,449 residents.
Q5

Is Wissinoming a high social-vulnerability area?

Wissinoming sits in the 85th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (highly 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 Wissinoming have the highest eviction risk?

The highest-risk constituent tract in Wissinoming is census tract 42101031600 (score 8/10). Across the 8 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 7.1 to 8, a spread of 0.9 points.
Q7

How safe is Wissinoming for landlords?

Wissinoming carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (7.8/10). Pop-weighted across 8 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 higher-risk.
Q8

What is the demographic breakdown of Wissinoming?

Wissinoming has 41,718 residents. Top groups: Hispanic / Latino (35.4%), White (non-Hispanic) (28.5%), Black (non-Hispanic) (22.7%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
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