Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
Grays Ferry Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101003600 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 6,915 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Here is how census tract 42101003600, in the Grays Ferry area of Philadelphia eviction risk, looks to a landlord: a $1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 6,915. On the national scale it ranks #5,140 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
49% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 26% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $548 a month while the average household earns $43,688 a year, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,681
Renter share58.0%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$43,688
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9279, -75.1920 · click any tract to drill in
Why Grays Ferry 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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$548 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Grays Ferry compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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
- 92%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)
- 1,739Total filings over 4 yrs
- 26.97%Avg annual filing rate
- 37.9%Peak (2016)
- 524Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 58% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 418Total filings 2020-21
- 5.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 28.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.19×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 Grays Ferry. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Grays Ferry
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 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.19x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 92% 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.
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 42101003600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101003600?
Census tract 42101003600 in the Grays Ferry 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 42101003600?
Median gross rent is $548/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101003600?
24.6% of residents in tract 42101003600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,915.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101003600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 99th, minority 86th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 42101003600 considered part of Grays Ferry?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101003600 fall within Grays Ferry (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101003600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 1,739 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101003600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 26.97% of renter households, peaking at 37.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101003600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.19× 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 42101003600 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101003600 scores 6.4/10, higher 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 42101003600 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. 92% 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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