Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Fitler Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101001201 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,323 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 42101001201 in the Fitler Square area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,323 residents. Average gross rent is $2,071, 48% above the Philadelphia average.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 44%
Tract context
Occupied units2,094
Renter share55.4%
SVI overall0.08
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$119,683
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
22
th percentile
Low
Within county
13
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9470, -75.1799 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fitler Square 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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$2,071 rent vs county FMR
6.5
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 Fitler Square 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
- 0%Household composition
- 34%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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
- 22%Grade C
- 61%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)
- 15Total filings over 4 yrs
- 0.38%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.7%Peak (2010)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 43% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 15Total filings 2020-21
- 0.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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 Fitler Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fitler Square
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 41% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points.
On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. The filing record is not thin: 15 evictions over 4 years of observation.
The voucher gap is 14.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Filings peaked in 2010 at 0.7% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 0.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101001201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101001201?
Census tract 42101001201 in the Fitler Square 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 42101001201?
Median gross rent is $2,071/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101001201?
9.3% of residents in tract 42101001201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,323.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101001201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 8th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 0th, minority 34th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 42101001201 considered part of Fitler Square?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101001201 fall within Fitler Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101001201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101001201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.38% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101001201 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 42101001201 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101001201 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101001201 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 61% 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.
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