Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Elmwood Park Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101006700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 7,868 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
With a score of 8/10, tract 42101006700 in the Elmwood Park area of Philadelphia, PA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 7,868 residents. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 71% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 16%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units3,122
Renter share57.3%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate28.2%
Median income$43,220
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
96
th percentile
Very High
Within county
94
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9242, -75.2243 · click any tract to drill in
Why Elmwood Park scores 8
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
28.2% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,453 rent vs county FMR
3.1
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 Elmwood Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%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
- 80%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)
- 663Total filings over 4 yrs
- 13.58%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2016)
- 195Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 59% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 390Total filings 2020-21
- 5.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 13.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.38×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 Elmwood Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Elmwood Park
Set annual rent against average income of $43,220 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The severe-burden share is 26%, 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. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 28%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 663 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 14.9% 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 13.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 9.5/10.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101006700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101006700?
Census tract 42101006700 in the Elmwood Park neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 42101006700?
Median gross rent is $1,453/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 71% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101006700?
28.2% of residents in tract 42101006700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,868.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101006700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 95th, minority 98th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 42101006700 considered part of Elmwood Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101006700 fall within Elmwood Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101006700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 663 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101006700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.58% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101006700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.38× 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 42101006700 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101006700 scores 8/10, higher 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 42101006700 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. 80% 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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