Neighborhood · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Little Saigon Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101002400 ·
Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,707 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 42101002400 runs through the Little Saigon area of Philadelphia. With 4,707 residents, it scores $1/10 for landlords. On the national scale it ranks #5,139 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 53% of renter households, a severe level, and 39% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,675 a month against an average household income of $84,732 a year, roughly 24% of income at the averages. Renters make up 45% of occupied homes.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 24%Stable renters 21%Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units2,583
Renter share45.5%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate18.1%
Median income$84,732
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Little Saigon
Moderate
Within parent city
38th percentile
#253 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Low
Within county
37th percentile
#257 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Low
Within state
75th percentile
#857 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9368, -75.1595 · click any tract to drill in
Why Little Saigon scores 5.1
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
18.1% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,675 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Little Saigon compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
54%Socioeconomic
19%Household composition
42%Racial/ethnic minority
38%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
0%Grade C
96%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)
94Total filings over 4 yrs
2.21%Avg annual filing rate
2.6%Peak (2011)
21Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2010 to 2016
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
113Total filings 2020-21
1.5Avg monthly (observed)
2.3Pre-pandemic baseline
0.64×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Little Saigon
What moves this score most is 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 about the same as the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 96% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 94 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 2.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.6% of renter households in 2011.
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 42101002400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101002400?
Census tract 42101002400 in the Little Saigon neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (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 42101002400?
Median gross rent is $1,675/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101002400?
18.1% of residents in tract 42101002400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,707.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101002400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 19th, minority 42th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 42101002400 considered part of Little Saigon?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101002400 fall within Little Saigon (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101002400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 94 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101002400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.21% of renter households, peaking at 2.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101002400 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.
Q8
How does tract 42101002400 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101002400 scores 5.1/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101002400 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. 96% 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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