Within neighborhood
86
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Wissinoming Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101029900 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,475 · neighborhood within 0.9 mi
Census tract 42101029900 covers part of the Wissinoming area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 54%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 31%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,460
Renter share54.0%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate44.0%
Median income$34,487
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
90
th percentile
Very High
Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0131, -75.0747 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wissinoming 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
44.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,260 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Wissinoming compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 92%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%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
- 44%Grade C
- 27%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)
- 573Total filings over 4 yrs
- 16.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 22.4%Peak (2010)
- 104Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 226Total filings 2020-21
- 2.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.34×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 Wissinoming. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wissinoming
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 44%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Set annual rent against average income of $34,487 and the ratio lands at 44%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Court records carry 573 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,260, 10% below the Philadelphia average.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 22.4% 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 16.3% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101029900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101029900?
Census tract 42101029900 in the Wissinoming 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 42101029900?
Median gross rent is $1,260/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101029900?
44.0% of residents in tract 42101029900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,475.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101029900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 100th, minority 92th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 42101029900 considered part of Wissinoming?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101029900 fall within Wissinoming (neighborhood centroid within 0.9 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101029900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 573 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101029900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.28% of renter households, peaking at 22.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101029900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.34× 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 42101029900 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101029900 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101029900 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. 27% 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.
Sibling tracts
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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