Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Allegheny West Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101017100 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,234 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101017100 is a census tract in the Allegheny West area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,234 residents. The severe-burden share is 44%, 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 20%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 58%
Tract context
Occupied units1,652
Renter share42.8%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate32.3%
Median income$27,300
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
78
th percentile
High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0027, -75.1763 · click any tract to drill in
Why Allegheny West 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
32.3% poverty · this tract
8.1
Supply constraint
$1,367 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Allegheny West compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 87%Socioeconomic
- 42%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 14%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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
- 48%Grade C
- 1%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)
- 156Total filings over 4 yrs
- 8.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.7%Peak (2016)
- 42Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 180Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.62×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 Allegheny West. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Allegheny West
Set annual rent against average income of $27,300 and the ratio lands at 60%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The poverty rate is 32%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.1/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Court records carry 156 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 8.7% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 8.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #7,836 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101017100
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101017100?
Census tract 42101017100 in the Allegheny West 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 42101017100?
Median gross rent is $1,367/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101017100?
32.3% of residents in tract 42101017100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,234.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101017100?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 87th, household 42th, minority 97th, housing 14th.
Q5
Is tract 42101017100 considered part of Allegheny West?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101017100 fall within Allegheny West (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101017100?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 156 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101017100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.27% of renter households, peaking at 8.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101017100 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× 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 42101017100 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101017100 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 42101017100 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% 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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