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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Belmont Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101010800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,532 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi

42101010800 is a census tract in the Belmont area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,532 residents. The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 34% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units2,103
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate45.1%
Median income$32,999

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Belmont
High
Within parent city
77 th percentile
Rank, 77th percentileLowHigh
#95 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#58 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9660, -75.1990 · click any tract to drill in

Why Belmont scores 8

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
45.1% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$953 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 Belmont compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Belmont risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0108006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 593Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 16.63%Avg annual filing rate
  • 21.2%Peak (2012)
  • 111Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101010800
Filings dropped 17% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 487Total filings 2020-21
  • 6.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 8.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.72×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Belmont. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Belmont

The poverty rate is 45%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Severe burden reaches 27%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1/10. Average gross rent is $953, 32% below the Philadelphia average. Annualized rent equals 35% of average household income of $32,999, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 593 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 21.2% of renter households.

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 16.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101010800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101010800?

Census tract 42101010800 in the Belmont 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 42101010800?

Median gross rent is $953/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 46% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101010800?

45.1% of residents in tract 42101010800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,532.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101010800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 71th, minority 92th, housing 76th.
Q5

Is tract 42101010800 considered part of Belmont?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101010800 fall within Belmont (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101010800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 593 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101010800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 16.63% of renter households, peaking at 21.2% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101010800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.72× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 42101010800 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101010800 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 42101010800 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. 91% 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

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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