Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,571 of 84,120 nationally
Chinatown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101000500 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,057 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42101000500 sits in the Chinatown area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 6.3/10. It is home to 3,057 residents. This is renter territory: 94% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Risk score
6.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 52%
Owners 7%
Tract context
Occupied units1,480
Renter share93.9%
SVI overall0.69
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$68,977
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
84
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9520, -75.1582 · click any tract to drill in
Why Chinatown scores 6.3
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
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,859 rent vs county FMR
5.3
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 Chinatown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 69
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 75%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 93%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
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 126Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2016)
- 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 18% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 204Total filings 2020-21
- 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Chinatown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Chinatown
Average gross rent is $1,859, 33% above the Philadelphia average. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
Set annual rent against average income of $68,977 and the ratio lands at 32%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 18%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. 44% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
The filing record is not thin: 126 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2016 at 4.6% of renter households.
In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 80% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.2/10.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.7 points hotter. 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 42101000500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101000500?
Census tract 42101000500 in the Chinatown neighborhood scores 6.3/10 (Elevated 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 42101000500?
Median gross rent is $1,859/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101000500?
18.1% of residents in tract 42101000500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,057.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101000500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 69th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 5th, minority 76th, housing 93th.
Q5
Is tract 42101000500 considered part of Chinatown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101000500 fall within Chinatown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101000500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 126 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101000500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.17% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101000500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101000500 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101000500 scores 6.3/10, 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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