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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Fairmount Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101013601 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,882 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 42101013601 in the Fairmount area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,882. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 33% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 23% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units1,589
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate6.3%
Median income$108,867

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Fairmount
Very High
Within parent city
19 th percentile
Rank, 19th percentileLowHigh
#329 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
7 th percentile
Rank, 7th percentileLowHigh
#379 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very Low
Within state
69 th percentile
Rank, 69th percentileLowHigh
#1,074 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9690, -75.1788 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fairmount scores 5.2

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
6.3% poverty · this tract
1.6
Supply constraint
$1,905 rent vs county FMR
5.6
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 Fairmount compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fairmount risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0136016.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 13

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)

  • 6Total filings over 3 yrs
  • 0.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 0.7%Peak (2011)
  • 1Filings in 2012 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101013601
Filings dropped 100% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 7Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.1Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.12×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Fairmount. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fairmount

Average gross rent is $1,905, 36% above the Philadelphia average. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.6/10.

Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.

Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 6 filings here across 3 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2011, when 0.7% of renter households were served. 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 0.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 2.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101013601

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101013601?

Census tract 42101013601 in the Fairmount neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate 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 42101013601?

Median gross rent is $1,905/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 33% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101013601?

6.3% of residents in tract 42101013601 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,882.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101013601?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 2th, minority 37th, housing 45th.
Q5

Is tract 42101013601 considered part of Fairmount?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101013601 fall within Fairmount (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101013601?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 6 eviction filings across 3 validated years in tract 42101013601 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.43% of renter households, peaking at 0.7% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101013601 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.12× 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 42101013601 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101013601 scores 5.2/10, lower 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 42101013601 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. 94% 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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