Within neighborhood
29
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #21,564 of 84,120 nationally
Whitman Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101004202 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,522 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42101004202 is a census tract in the Whitman area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.7/10 for landlords. 31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 72%
Tract context
Occupied units2,092
Renter share28.2%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate13.8%
Median income$75,984
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
34
th percentile
Low
Within county
33
th percentile
Low
Within state
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9169, -75.1516 · click any tract to drill in
Why Whitman scores 5.7
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
13.8% poverty · this tract
3.5
Supply constraint
$1,639 rent vs county FMR
4.1
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: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 84%Socioeconomic
- 81%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%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
- 76%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)
- 68Total filings over 4 yrs
- 4.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.7%Peak (2012)
- 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 38Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.37×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 dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.
At $1,639 a month, rents run 17% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The filing record is not thin: 68 evictions over 4 years of observation.
It sits 0.9 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. The worst year on record was 2012, when 4.7% of renter households were served. 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.
In a typical year about 4.3% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 74th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.1 points hotter.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101004202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101004202?
Census tract 42101004202 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 42101004202?
Median gross rent is $1,639/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101004202?
13.8% of residents in tract 42101004202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,522.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101004202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 81th, minority 56th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 42101004202 considered part of Whitman?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101004202 fall within Whitman (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101004202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101004202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.26% of renter households, peaking at 4.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101004202 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.37× 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 42101004202 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101004202 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101004202 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. 76% 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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