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Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally

Fishtown Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101015700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,493 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Tract 42101015700 sits in the Fishtown area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 2,493. Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 21% Owners 59%
Tract context
Occupied units1,375
Renter share40.4%
SVI overall0.60
Poverty rate14.6%
Median income$88,125

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Fishtown
Very High
Within parent city
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#294 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Low
Within county
28 th percentile
Rank, 28th percentileLowHigh
#295 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Low
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#902 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9780, -75.1355 · click any tract to drill in

Why Fishtown scores 5.5

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
14.6% poverty · this tract
3.7
Supply constraint
$1,799 rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Fishtown compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Fishtown risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.5This tracttract 0157006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 60

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)

  • 73Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 4.34%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.3%Peak (2012)
  • 14Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101015700
Filings dropped 30% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 166Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.2Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.9Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.31×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Fishtown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Fishtown

The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. At $1,799 a month, rents run 29% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. It sits 1.1 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.

The filing record is not thin: 73 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2012, when 5.3% 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 4.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 72% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.4/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101015700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101015700?

Census tract 42101015700 in the Fishtown neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 42101015700?

Median gross rent is $1,799/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101015700?

14.6% of residents in tract 42101015700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,493.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101015700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 60th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 65th, household 10th, minority 60th, housing 83th.
Q5

Is tract 42101015700 considered part of Fishtown?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101015700 fall within Fishtown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101015700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101015700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.34% of renter households, peaking at 5.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101015700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.31× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 42101015700 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101015700 scores 5.5/10, 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 42101015700 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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