Within neighborhood
43
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally
Whitman Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101004104 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,697 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
The Whitman neighborhood of Philadelphia is where census tract 42101004104 sits, home to 3,697 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.9/10. On the national scale it ranks #24,782 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 25% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 20% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,220 a month while the average household earns $62,857 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 11%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,324
Renter share44.1%
SVI overall0.75
Poverty rate10.3%
Median income$62,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
35
th percentile
Low
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9167, -75.1603 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitman scores 5
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
10.3% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,220 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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 Whitman compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 75
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 75Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.44×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 Whitman. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Whitman
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 below 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 White and Asian and ranks around the 75th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.44x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101004104
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101004104?
Census tract 42101004104 in the Whitman neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 42101004104?
Median gross rent is $1,220/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101004104?
10.3% of residents in tract 42101004104 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,697.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101004104?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 75th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 42th, minority 76th, housing 49th.
Q5
Is tract 42101004104 considered part of Whitman?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101004104 fall within Whitman (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 42101004104 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.44× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 42101004104 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101004104 scores 5/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 42101004104 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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