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Rittenhouse Square Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101001203 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,949 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

Tract 42101001203, home to 1,949 residents in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, scores 6.4/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 84% of US census tracts.

38% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,840 a month against an average household income of $107,537 a year, roughly 21% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score

Moderate

Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 28% Stable renters 46% Owners 26%

Tract context

Occupied units1,189

Renter share73.3%

SVI overall0.14

Poverty rate6.5%

Median income$107,537

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9463, -75.1731 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rittenhouse Square scores 4

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local 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

6.5% poverty · this tract

1.6

Supply constraint

$1,840 rent vs county FMR

5.2

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 Rittenhouse Square compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 14

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

19%Socioeconomic
2%Household composition
41%Racial/ethnic minority
55%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
67%Grade C
33%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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

5Total filings 2020-21
0.1Avg monthly (observed)
0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.20×Ratio to baseline

Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01

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 Rittenhouse Square. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rittenhouse Square

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.20x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.

Part of this tract, about 33% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101001203

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101001203?

Census tract 42101001203 in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood scores 4/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 42101001203?

Median gross rent is $1,840/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101001203?

6.5% of residents in tract 42101001203 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,949.

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101001203?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 2th, minority 41th, housing 55th.

Is tract 42101001203 considered part of Rittenhouse Square?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101001203 fall within Rittenhouse Square (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).

Did eviction filings in tract 42101001203 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.20× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.

How does tract 42101001203 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101001203 scores 4/10, lower than the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. 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.

Was tract 42101001203 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. 33% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Eviction Lab tract-level court records (2000-2018) and Eviction Tracking System, Princeton University. Open Data Commons Attribution license. evictionlab.org