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

Brewerytown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101013701 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,753 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Census tract 42101013701 covers part of the Brewerytown area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Cost burden runs 13% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 8% Stable renters 51% Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,078
Renter share58.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate9.1%
Median income$94,396

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#3 of 3 tracts In Brewerytown
Very Low
Within parent city
15 th percentile
Rank, 15th percentileLowHigh
#346 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#384 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 39.9780, -75.1866 · click any tract to drill in

Why Brewerytown 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
9.1% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,818 rent vs county FMR
5.1
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 Brewerytown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Brewerytown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0137016.6Philadelphiaparent 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

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 174Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.2Pre-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 Brewerytown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Brewerytown

At $1,818 a month, rents run 30% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, 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. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. The severe-burden share is 11%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

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. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 2.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 23% of average household income of $94,396. 59% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42101013701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101013701?

Census tract 42101013701 in the Brewerytown 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 42101013701?

Median gross rent is $1,818/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101013701?

9.1% of residents in tract 42101013701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,753.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101013701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 0th, minority 69th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 42101013701 considered part of Brewerytown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101013701 fall within Brewerytown (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 42101013701 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.
Q7

How does tract 42101013701 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101013701 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.
Q8

Was tract 42101013701 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. 96% 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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