Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,578 of 84,120 nationally
Wharton Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101002701 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,821 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 42101002701 sits in the Wharton area of Philadelphia eviction risk, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 6.6/10. On the national scale it ranks #10,118 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,450 monthly, set against $95,224 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. About 42% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,961
Renter share42.0%
SVI overall0.45
Poverty rate15.5%
Median income$95,224
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Within county
24
th percentile
Low
Within state
68
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9286, -75.1537 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wharton scores 4.7
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
15.5% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,450 rent vs county FMR
3.0
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 Wharton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 45
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 69%Socioeconomic
- 7%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 48%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
- 100%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)
- 132Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.3%Peak (2012)
- 32Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 23% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 60Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.46×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 Wharton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wharton
The heaviest input here 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 safer side for landlords.
The tract is racially mixed and ranks around the 45th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 132 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 4.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.3% of renter households in 2012.
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 42101002701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101002701?
Census tract 42101002701 in the Wharton neighborhood scores 4.7/10 (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 42101002701?
Median gross rent is $1,450/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101002701?
15.5% of residents in tract 42101002701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,821.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101002701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 45th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 69th, household 7th, minority 53th, housing 48th.
Q5
Is tract 42101002701 considered part of Wharton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101002701 fall within Wharton (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101002701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 132 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101002701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.27% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101002701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.46× 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 42101002701 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101002701 scores 4.7/10, 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 42101002701 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. 100% 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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