Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Nicetown Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101020000 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 1,146 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 8/10, tract 42101020000 in the Nicetown area of Philadelphia, PA reads high for landlord eviction risk. The severe-burden share is 51%, 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 42%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 30%
Tract context
Occupied units514
Renter share69.6%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate39.1%
Median income$18,510
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
75
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0025, -75.1509 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nicetown 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
39.1% poverty · this tract
9.8
Supply constraint
$873 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 Nicetown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 96
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%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
- 67%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 165Total filings over 4 yrs
- 11.28%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.2%Peak (2016)
- 49Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 48% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 120Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.52×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 Nicetown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Nicetown
Set annual rent against average income of $18,510 and the ratio lands at 57%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The dominant input is economic stress at 9.8/10. At $873 a month, rents run 38% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
The poverty rate is 39%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1/10. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 60% of renters here are cost-burdened.
This is renter territory: 70% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Sitting well above the midpoint, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 165 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2016, when 13.2% of renter households were served.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). 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.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101020000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101020000?
Census tract 42101020000 in the Nicetown 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 42101020000?
Median gross rent is $873/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101020000?
39.1% of residents in tract 42101020000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 1,146.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101020000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 100th, minority 94th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 42101020000 considered part of Nicetown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101020000 fall within Nicetown (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101020000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 165 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101020000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.28% of renter households, peaking at 13.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101020000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× 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 42101020000 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101020000 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 42101020000 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. 0% 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.
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