Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,043 of 84,120 nationally
Kingsessing Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101007101 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,317 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Tract 42101007101 sits in the Kingsessing area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.8/10. It is home to 2,317 residents. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 33%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units894
Renter share57.9%
SVI overall0.84
Poverty rate27.4%
Median income$44,286
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9382, -75.2250 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kingsessing scores 7.8
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
27.4% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
$1,292 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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 Kingsessing compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 84
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 93%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 100%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 186Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.66%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.8%Peak (2016)
- 55Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 41% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 141Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.43×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 Kingsessing. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kingsessing
Set annual rent against average income of $44,286 and the ratio lands at 35%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. 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 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points.
Court records carry 186 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 11.8% of renter households.
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 10.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101007101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101007101?
Census tract 42101007101 in the Kingsessing neighborhood scores 7.8/10 (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 42101007101?
Median gross rent is $1,292/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101007101?
27.4% of residents in tract 42101007101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,317.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101007101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 84th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 93th, minority 93th, housing 33th.
Q5
Is tract 42101007101 considered part of Kingsessing?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101007101 fall within Kingsessing (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101007101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 186 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101007101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.66% of renter households, peaking at 11.8% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101007101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.43× 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 42101007101 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101007101 scores 7.8/10, 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 42101007101 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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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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