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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally

Point Breeze Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101003001 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,431 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

42101003001 is a census tract in the Point Breeze area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 7.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,431 residents. The severe-burden share is 30%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 19% Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,692
Renter share40.1%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate27.1%
Median income$55,288

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Point Breeze
Very High
Within parent city
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#128 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#126 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Elevated
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#148 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9291, -75.1720 · click any tract to drill in

Why Point Breeze scores 7.6

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
27.1% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,298 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Point Breeze compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Point Breeze risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.6This tracttract 0030016.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 75

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

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.

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)

  • 83Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 2.83%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.5%Peak (2011)
  • 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101003001
Filings dropped 44% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 35Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.40×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Point Breeze. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Point Breeze

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.

The poverty rate is 27%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.

It sits 1.0 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 83 filings here across 4 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 3.5% of renter households were served. 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 2.8% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.0 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101003001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101003001?

Census tract 42101003001 in the Point Breeze neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 42101003001?

Median gross rent is $1,298/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101003001?

27.1% of residents in tract 42101003001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,431.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101003001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 40th, minority 79th, housing 63th.
Q5

Is tract 42101003001 considered part of Point Breeze?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101003001 fall within Point Breeze (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101003001?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 83 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101003001 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.83% of renter households, peaking at 3.5% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101003001 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.40× 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 42101003001 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101003001 scores 7.6/10, higher 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 42101003001 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. 90% 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

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

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