Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Poplar Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101013100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,871 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 42101013100 sits in the Poplar area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Population here is 1,871. The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 49%
Stable renters 36%
Owners 15%
Tract context
Occupied units811
Renter share84.7%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate41.0%
Median income$31,924
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
86
th percentile
High
Within county
92
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9651, -75.1507 · click any tract to drill in
Why Poplar 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
41.0% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,036 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 Poplar compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 89%Socioeconomic
- 89%Household composition
- 79%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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)
- 268Total filings over 4 yrs
- 13.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.3%Peak (2012)
- 48Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 110Total filings 2020-21
- 1.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.38×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 Poplar. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Poplar
The poverty rate is 41%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. This is renter territory: 85% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Set annual rent against average income of $31,924 and the ratio lands at 39%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10. Severe burden reaches 24%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $1,036, 26% below the Philadelphia average.
58% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Court records carry 268 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2012 at 17.3% of renter households.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101013100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101013100?
Census tract 42101013100 in the Poplar 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 42101013100?
Median gross rent is $1,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101013100?
41.0% of residents in tract 42101013100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,871.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101013100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 89th, household 89th, minority 79th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 42101013100 considered part of Poplar?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101013100 fall within Poplar (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101013100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 268 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101013100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.72% of renter households, peaking at 17.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101013100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.38× 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 42101013100 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101013100 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 42101013100 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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