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

Richmond Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101017800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 6,592 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Census tract 42101017800 covers part of the Richmond area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,592 residents. The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22% Stable renters 29% Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,820
Renter share51.0%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate33.5%
Median income$42,104

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Richmond
Moderate
Within parent city
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#103 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#19 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 39.9914, -75.1173 · click any tract to drill in

Why Richmond 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
33.5% poverty · this tract
8.4
Supply constraint
$967 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Richmond compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Richmond risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0178006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 626Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 13.12%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.6%Peak (2016)
  • 174Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101017800
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 581Total filings 2020-21
  • 7.6Avg monthly (observed)
  • 12.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.59×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 Richmond. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Richmond

27% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $967 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.

Running hot, economic stress reads 8.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. 42% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, lower than the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.

The filing record is not thin: 626 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 15.6% 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 13.1% 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 9.4/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.4 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 42101017800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101017800?

Census tract 42101017800 in the Richmond 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 42101017800?

Median gross rent is $967/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 42% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101017800?

33.5% of residents in tract 42101017800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,592.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101017800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 98th, minority 84th, housing 78th.
Q5

Is tract 42101017800 considered part of Richmond?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101017800 fall within Richmond (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101017800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 626 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101017800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.12% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101017800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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 42101017800 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101017800 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 42101017800 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

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

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