Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Wharton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101002801 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,234 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 42101002801 covers part of the Wharton area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 19%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 53%
Tract context
Occupied units1,738
Renter share47.2%
SVI overall0.82
Poverty rate20.0%
Median income$71,027
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9290, -75.1568 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wharton scores 6.4
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
20.0% poverty · this tract
5.0
Supply constraint
$1,605 rent vs county FMR
3.9
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: 82
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 86%Socioeconomic
- 79%Household composition
- 69%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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)
- 58Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.98%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.1%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 23Total filings 2020-21
- 0.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.36×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
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. 41% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Severe burden reaches 16%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Court records carry 58 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,605, 15% above the Philadelphia average.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 2.1% of renter households. This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 2.0% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #16,032 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.4/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101002801
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101002801?
Census tract 42101002801 in the Wharton neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 42101002801?
Median gross rent is $1,605/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101002801?
20.0% of residents in tract 42101002801 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,234.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101002801?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 82th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 86th, household 79th, minority 69th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 42101002801 considered part of Wharton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101002801 fall within Wharton (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101002801?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101002801 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.98% of renter households, peaking at 2.1% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101002801 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.36× 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 42101002801 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101002801 scores 6.4/10, right in line with 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 42101002801 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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