Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #5,690 of 84,120 nationally
Nicetown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101020101 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,196 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 42101020101, home to 3,196 residents in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia, scores 7.2/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 96% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 64% of renter households, a severe level, and 37% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $921 a month against an average household income of $28,559 a year, roughly 39% of income at the averages. Renters make up 73% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 47%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 27%
Tract context
Occupied units1,851
Renter share73.4%
SVI overall0.99
Poverty rate27.8%
Median income$28,559
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
82
th percentile
High
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0037, -75.1553 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nicetown scores 6.8
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
27.8% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$921 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: 99
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 94%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 98%Racial/ethnic minority
- 83%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
- 89%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)
- 413Total filings over 4 yrs
- 10.52%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2011)
- 99Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 524Total filings 2020-21
- 6.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 9.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.70×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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
What moves this score most 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 above the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 413 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 10.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 11.6% of renter households in 2011.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.70x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
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 42101020101
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101020101?
Census tract 42101020101 in the Nicetown neighborhood scores 6.8/10 (Elevated 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 42101020101?
Median gross rent is $921/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101020101?
27.8% of residents in tract 42101020101 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,196.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101020101?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 99th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 94th, household 100th, minority 98th, housing 83th.
Q5
Is tract 42101020101 considered part of Nicetown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101020101 fall within Nicetown (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101020101?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 413 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101020101 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.52% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101020101 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.70× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101020101 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101020101 scores 6.8/10, higher 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 42101020101 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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