Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,198 of 84,120 nationally
Powelton Village Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101009100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,962 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
In Powelton Village in Philadelphia, census tract 42101009100 scores 7.6/10 for eviction risk. That is riskier than about 99% of US census tracts.
51% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,198 a month against an average household income of $35,139 a year, roughly 41% of income at the averages. Renters make up 89% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 45%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 12%
Tract context
Occupied units1,853
Renter share88.9%
SVI overall0.86
Poverty rate40.5%
Median income$35,139
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
97
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9594, -75.1977 · click any tract to drill in
Why Powelton Village scores 6.9
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
40.5% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,198 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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 Powelton Village compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 86
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 47%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 94%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
- 100%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)
- 174Total filings over 4 yrs
- 3.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.9%Peak (2012)
- 41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 17% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 99Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.24×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 Powelton Village. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Powelton Village
The heaviest input here is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 174 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 3.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.9% of renter households in 2012.
The tract is White and Black and ranks around the 86th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101009100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101009100?
Census tract 42101009100 in the Powelton Village neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (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 42101009100?
Median gross rent is $1,198/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101009100?
40.5% of residents in tract 42101009100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,962.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101009100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 86th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 47th, minority 79th, housing 94th.
Q5
Is tract 42101009100 considered part of Powelton Village?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101009100 fall within Powelton Village (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101009100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 174 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101009100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.47% of renter households, peaking at 5.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101009100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.24× 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 42101009100 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101009100 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. 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 42101009100 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. 100% 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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