Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Old City Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101000101 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,947 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 42101000101 in the Old City area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 1,947. At $2,057 a month, rents run 47% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 25%
Stable renters 50%
Owners 25%
Tract context
Occupied units1,492
Renter share74.7%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate1.6%
Median income$108,438
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9505, -75.1468 · click any tract to drill in
Why Old City 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
1.6% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,057 rent vs county FMR
6.4
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 Old City compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 8
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 53%Housing & transportation
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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 61Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.64×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 Old City. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Old City
Cost burden runs roughly one in three here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10. 75% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The voucher gap is 14.2%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.7/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $108,438.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101000101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000101?
Census tract 42101000101 in the Old City 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 42101000101?
Median gross rent is $2,057/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000101?
1.6% of residents in tract 42101000101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,947.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 2th, minority 35th, housing 53th.
Q5
Is tract 42101000101 considered part of Old City?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000101 fall within Old City (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 42101000101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.64× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 42101000101 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101000101 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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