Within neighborhood
14
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Whitman Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101004201 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,916 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101004201 is a census tract in the Whitman area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.4/10 for landlords. 28% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well under the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 75%
Tract context
Occupied units2,080
Renter share24.6%
SVI overall0.57
Poverty rate13.7%
Median income$84,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
24
th percentile
Low
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9220, -75.1515 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitman scores 5.4
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
13.7% poverty · this tract
3.4
Supply constraint
$1,561 rent vs county FMR
3.7
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: 57
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 84%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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
- 96%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)
- 99Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.4%Peak (2012)
- 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 58Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.51×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 severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 99 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
At $1,561 a month, rents run 12% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. Filings peaked in 2012 at 5.4% of renter households. 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 4.7% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #24,859 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101004201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101004201?
Census tract 42101004201 in the Whitman neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (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 42101004201?
Median gross rent is $1,561/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101004201?
13.7% of residents in tract 42101004201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,916.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101004201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 57th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 84th, minority 58th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 42101004201 considered part of Whitman?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101004201 fall within Whitman (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101004201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 99 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101004201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.72% of renter households, peaking at 5.4% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101004201 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.51× 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 42101004201 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101004201 scores 5.4/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101004201 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. 96% 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
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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