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Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally

Whitman Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101004104 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,697 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

42101004104 is a census tract in the Whitman area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,697. Cost burden runs 25% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.

Risk score
5.7
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 neighborhood
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#5 of 8 tracts In Whitman
Moderate
Within parent city
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#275 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Low
Within county
33 th percentile
Rank, 33rd percentileLowHigh
#272 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Low
Within state
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#805 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9167, -75.1603 · click any tract to drill in

Why Whitman scores 5.7

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
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.
Whitman risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.7This tracttract 0041046.6Philadelphiaparent 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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 75Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.44×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 Whitman. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Whitman

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.8/10. 20% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.9 points. At $1,220 a month, rents run 13% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.

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. On the national scale it lands near the 74th 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 1.1 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 42101004104

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101004104?

Census tract 42101004104 in the Whitman neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (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 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 5.7/10, lower 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.
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.
Sibling tracts

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

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