Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Garden Court Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101008500 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 6,515 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Census tract 42101008500 covers part of the Garden Court area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 7.5/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,515. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 36%
Tract context
Occupied units3,141
Renter share64.2%
SVI overall0.74
Poverty rate23.6%
Median income$45,747
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9569, -75.2265 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garden Court scores 7.5
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
23.6% poverty · this tract
5.9
Supply constraint
$1,028 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Garden Court compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 74
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 43%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 43%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
- 18%Grade B
- 62%Grade C
- 20%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)
- 640Total filings over 4 yrs
- 11.88%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.1%Peak (2011)
- 156Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 457Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 11.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.53×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 Garden Court. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garden Court
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. At $1,028 a month, rents run 26% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 57% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.9 points.
The filing record is not thin: 640 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2011, when 14.1% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 11.9% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.9 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101008500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101008500?
Census tract 42101008500 in the Garden Court neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 42101008500?
Median gross rent is $1,028/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101008500?
23.6% of residents in tract 42101008500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,515.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101008500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 74th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 43th, minority 91th, housing 43th.
Q5
Is tract 42101008500 considered part of Garden Court?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101008500 fall within Garden Court (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101008500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 640 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101008500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.88% of renter households, peaking at 14.1% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101008500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× 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 42101008500 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101008500 scores 7.5/10, 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 42101008500 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. 20% 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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