Within neighborhood
25
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally
Kingsessing Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101007102 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,584 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 7/10, tract 42101007102 in the Kingsessing area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,584 residents. 34% 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
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units1,779
Renter share39.9%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate17.5%
Median income$40,602
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
58
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
89
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9409, -75.2283 · click any tract to drill in
Why Kingsessing scores 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
17.5% poverty · this tract
4.4
Supply constraint
$1,224 rent vs county FMR
1.8
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: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 83%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 279Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.89%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.1%Peak (2016)
- 83Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 38% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 193Total filings 2020-21
- 2.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.6Pre-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 Kingsessing. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Kingsessing
Annualized rent equals 36% of average household income of $40,602, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.8/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. 43% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 279 filings here across 4 tracked years. At $1,224 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 13.1% 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 9.9% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 85th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101007102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101007102?
Census tract 42101007102 in the Kingsessing neighborhood scores 7/10 (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 42101007102?
Median gross rent is $1,224/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 43% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101007102?
17.5% of residents in tract 42101007102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,584.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101007102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 83th, minority 96th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 42101007102 considered part of Kingsessing?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101007102 fall within Kingsessing (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101007102?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 279 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101007102 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.89% of renter households, peaking at 13.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101007102 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 42101007102 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101007102 scores 7/10, 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 42101007102 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.
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