Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Hartranft Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101016500 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,850 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
42101016500 is a census tract in the Hartranft area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. The severe-burden share is 36%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 37%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units978
Renter share63.4%
SVI overall0.85
Poverty rate41.3%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
83
th percentile
High
Within county
88
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9891, -75.1492 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hartranft 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
41.3% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,113 rent vs county FMR
1.2
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 Hartranft compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 85
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 88%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%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
- 99%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)
- 536Total filings over 4 yrs
- 20.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 27.9%Peak (2012)
- 99Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 260Total filings 2020-21
- 3.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.39×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 Hartranft. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hartranft
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 41%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.2/10.
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 58% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Average gross rent is $1,113, 20% below the Philadelphia average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 536 filings here across 4 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2012 at 27.9% of renter households. 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 20.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 8.7/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.4 points hotter. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101016500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101016500?
Census tract 42101016500 in the Hartranft 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 42101016500?
Median gross rent is $1,113/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101016500?
41.3% of residents in tract 42101016500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,850.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101016500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 85th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 88th, household 68th, minority 98th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 42101016500 considered part of Hartranft?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101016500 fall within Hartranft (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101016500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 536 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101016500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 20.50% of renter households, peaking at 27.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101016500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.39× 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 42101016500 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101016500 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 42101016500 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. 99% 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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