1 census tracts · pop 4,904 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 8/10
· range 8–8
Wister is a one-tract neighborhood of Philadelphia, PA and houses 4,904 people. It carries an Eviction Risk Score of 8/10, in the High tier. Severe burden reaches 47%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.
Cost burden runs 56% against 31.4% citywide, putting Wister 24.7% over its own city. Average gross rent is $779, 44% below the Philadelphia average of $1,397. What pushes the score up most is economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 45%, which shows up in this model as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income here, past the 30% affordability line, which compresses the margin any screening standard has to work with.
Running cool is supply constraint, at 1/10. The filing record is not thin: 436 evictions logged in this tract. Running hot is eviction-process difficulty at 7.5/10.
Filing activity peaked in 2012 at 14.4% of renter households. Recent filings have not receded much: 9.9% in 2016 against a 14.4% peak. That places it #1 of 152 neighborhoods in Philadelphia.
Social vulnerability runs high at 9.6/10, concentrating the disaster- and displacement-exposure this model treats as a lagging risk input. 61% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
One tract means one number: 8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.
Risk score
8
High
1 tracts · population-weighted
Wister vs PhiladelphiaHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority95%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport83%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Wister
Aggregated across 1 validated constituent tract. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
436Total filings (sum)
11.92%Avg annual filing rate
14.4%Peak year (2012)
9.86%Latest filed (2016)
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
306Total filings 2020-21
4.0Avg monthly observed
9.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.41×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran far below baseline. Tracked under Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach).
Frequently asked
About Wister
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Wister?
Wister scores 8/10 (High tier) across 1 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 Wister compare to Philadelphia overall?
Wister scores 1.4 points higher than Philadelphia overall (6.6/10). Renters spend 56% of income on rent vs 31% citywide. Average rent: $779 vs $1,397.
Q3
What is the average rent in Wister?
Average gross rent in Wister is $779/month (pop-weighted across 1 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Wister residents are renters?
61% of Wister households are renter-occupied (vs 48% in Philadelphia). The neighborhood has 4,904 residents.
Q5
Is Wister a high social-vulnerability area?
Wister sits in the 95th 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
How safe is Wister for landlords?
Wister carries a high-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (8/10). Pop-weighted across 1 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.
Q7
What is the demographic breakdown of Wister?
Wister has 4,914 residents. Top groups: Black (non-Hispanic) (89%), White (non-Hispanic) (7.4%), Hispanic / Latino (3%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
