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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Chopersville Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101017602 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,074 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 42101017602 covers part of the Chopersville area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,074. 49% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41% Stable renters 22% Owners 37%
Tract context
Occupied units1,233
Renter share63.3%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate51.7%
Median income$32,523

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Chopersville
High
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#50 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#26 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9967, -75.1306 · click any tract to drill in

Why Chopersville scores 8

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
51.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,102 rent vs county FMR
1.1
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 Chopersville compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Chopersville risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0176026.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 98

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)

  • 163Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.55%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.6%Peak (2012)
  • 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101017602
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 125Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.4Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.48×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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 Chopersville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Chopersville

The score leans hardest on economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 52%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Cost burden runs around two-thirds here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $32,523, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

On the softer side, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Average gross rent is $1,102, 21% below the Philadelphia average. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 163 filings here across 4 tracked years.

The worst year on record was 2012, when 5.6% of renter households were served. 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.

In a typical year about 5.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.8/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

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 42101017602

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101017602?

Census tract 42101017602 in the Chopersville 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 42101017602?

Median gross rent is $1,102/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 65% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101017602?

51.7% of residents in tract 42101017602 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,074.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101017602?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 99th, minority 95th, housing 65th.
Q5

Is tract 42101017602 considered part of Chopersville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101017602 fall within Chopersville (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101017602?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 163 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101017602 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.55% of renter households, peaking at 5.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101017602 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 42101017602 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101017602 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 42101017602 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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