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Bridesburg Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101018300 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,998 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42101018300 (the Bridesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) comes in at 6.3/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 82nd percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

34% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 30% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,212 monthly, set against $77,011 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 8% of occupied homes.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3% Stable renters 5% Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,556
Renter share7.8%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate13.0%
Median income$77,011

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Bridesburg
Moderate
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#289 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Low
Within county
32 th percentile
Rank, 32nd percentileLowHigh
#279 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Low
Within state
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#968 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9956, -75.0746 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bridesburg scores 4.9

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
13.0% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,212 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Bridesburg compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bridesburg risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 4.94.9This tracttract 018300Philadelphia: 5.55.5Philadelphiaparent cityCounty: 5.65.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 26

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 24Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 2.52%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.1%Peak (2016)
  • 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 421010183002010: 4 filings (1.54/100 renter HHs)2011: 5 filings (1.71/100 renter HHs)2012: 5 filings (1.71/100 renter HHs)2016: 10 filings (5.13/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 150% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 37Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.8Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.63×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 3 filings (6.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× 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 Bridesburg. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bridesburg

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 24 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.1% of renter households in 2016.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101018300

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101018300?

Census tract 42101018300 in the Bridesburg neighborhood scores 4.9/10 (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 42101018300?

Median gross rent is $1,212/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101018300?

13.0% of residents in tract 42101018300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,998.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101018300?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 26th, minority 5th, housing 29th.
Q5

Is tract 42101018300 considered part of Bridesburg?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101018300 fall within Bridesburg (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101018300?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 24 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101018300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.52% of renter households, peaking at 5.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101018300 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.63× 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 42101018300 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101018300 scores 4.9/10, lower than the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. 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 42101018300 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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