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Neighborhood · Ranked #17,650 of 84,120 nationally

Elmwood Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101006200 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,394 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 6.1/10, tract 42101006200 in the Elmwood Park area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. 63% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.

Risk score
6.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 35% Stable renters 20% Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
Renter share55.1%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate11.5%
Median income$48,634

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#5 of 5 tracts In Elmwood Park
Very Low
Within parent city
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#241 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Moderate
Within county
41 th percentile
Rank, 41st percentileLowHigh
#240 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Moderate
Within state
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#592 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9194, -75.2335 · click any tract to drill in

Why Elmwood Park scores 6.1

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
11.5% poverty · this tract
2.9
Supply constraint
$1,308 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Elmwood Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Elmwood Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.1This tracttract 0062006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 90

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 302Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 13.17%Avg annual filing rate
  • 11.6%Peak (2016)
  • 85Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101006200
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 183Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.40×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 Elmwood Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Elmwood Park

28% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Annualized rent equals 32% of average household income of $48,634, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 302 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 11.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 13.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #17,650 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Social vulnerability reads 9.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.5 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101006200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101006200?

Census tract 42101006200 in the Elmwood Park neighborhood scores 6.1/10 (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 42101006200?

Median gross rent is $1,308/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101006200?

11.5% of residents in tract 42101006200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,394.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101006200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 79th, minority 95th, housing 69th.
Q5

Is tract 42101006200 considered part of Elmwood Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101006200 fall within Elmwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101006200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 302 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101006200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.17% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101006200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.40× 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 42101006200 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101006200 scores 6.1/10, 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 42101006200 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 0% 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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