Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Carroll Park Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101011200 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,307 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
With a score of 8/10, tract 42101011200 in the Carroll Park area of Philadelphia, PA reads high for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,307 residents. Severe burden reaches 52%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 43%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 47%
Tract context
Occupied units2,229
Renter share52.8%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate43.0%
Median income$28,958
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
High
Within county
89
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9736, -75.2337 · click any tract to drill in
Why Carroll Park scores 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
43.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,351 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 Carroll Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 77
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%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
- 52%Grade C
- 48%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)
- 334Total filings over 4 yrs
- 12.32%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.0%Peak (2012)
- 73Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 384Total filings 2020-21
- 5.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.63×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 Carroll Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Carroll Park
Cost burden runs 81% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. Set annual rent against average income of $28,958 and the ratio lands at 56%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 43%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 334 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 16.0% 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 12.3% 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 42101011200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101011200?
Census tract 42101011200 in the Carroll Park 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 42101011200?
Median gross rent is $1,351/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101011200?
43.0% of residents in tract 42101011200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,307.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101011200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 74th, minority 99th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 42101011200 considered part of Carroll Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101011200 fall within Carroll Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101011200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 334 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101011200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.32% of renter households, peaking at 16.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101011200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× 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 42101011200 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101011200 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 42101011200 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. 48% 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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