Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #16,032 of 84,120 nationally
Pencoyd Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101012100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,052 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Census tract 42101012100 covers part of the Pencoyd area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 3,052. The severe-burden share is 29%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 29%
Tract context
Occupied units1,622
Renter share71.7%
SVI overall0.70
Poverty rate15.4%
Median income$53,377
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
45
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
46
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
85
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9965, -75.2224 · click any tract to drill in
Why Pencoyd scores 6.4
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
15.4% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,269 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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 Pencoyd compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 70
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 37%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 1%Grade A
- 39%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 175Total filings over 4 yrs
- 5.26%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2016)
- 62Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 130% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 456Total filings 2020-21
- 5.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.73×Ratio to 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 Pencoyd. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Pencoyd
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. This is renter territory: 72% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
The filing record is not thin: 175 evictions over 4 years of observation. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. At $1,269 a month, rents run 9% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.5% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 5.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 81% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 7.3/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101012100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101012100?
Census tract 42101012100 in the Pencoyd neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 42101012100?
Median gross rent is $1,269/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101012100?
15.4% of residents in tract 42101012100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,052.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101012100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 70th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 37th, household 68th, minority 85th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 42101012100 considered part of Pencoyd?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101012100 fall within Pencoyd (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101012100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 175 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101012100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.26% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101012100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.73× 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 42101012100 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101012100 scores 6.4/10, right in line with 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 42101012100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Sibling tracts
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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