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

Northbank Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101016001 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,585 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 42101016001 in the Northbank area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,585. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 11% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 17% Owners 81%
Tract context
Occupied units1,160
Renter share19.2%
SVI overall0.06
Poverty rate8.4%
Median income$111,170

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Northbank
Very Low
Within parent city
8 th percentile
Rank, 8th percentileLowHigh
#375 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#370 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 39.9783, -75.1213 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northbank 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
8.4% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,765 rent vs county FMR
4.8
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 Northbank compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northbank risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0160016.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 6

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)

  • 33Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.29×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

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

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Northbank. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northbank

The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. At $1,765 a month, rents run 26% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands.

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.

11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.5/10.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $111,170.

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 42101016001

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101016001?

Census tract 42101016001 in the Northbank 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 42101016001?

Median gross rent is $1,765/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 11% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101016001?

8.4% of residents in tract 42101016001 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,585.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101016001?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 6th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 4th, minority 20th, housing 19th.
Q5

Is tract 42101016001 considered part of Northbank?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101016001 fall within Northbank (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 42101016001 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.29× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 42101016001 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101016001 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 42101016001 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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