Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Nicetown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101020300 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,564 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Census tract 42101020300 covers part of the Nicetown area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 7.6/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,564. 39% 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
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,118
Renter share46.4%
SVI overall0.97
Poverty rate26.4%
Median income$49,115
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0126, -75.1496 · click any tract to drill in
Why Nicetown scores 7.6
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
26.4% poverty · this tract
6.6
Supply constraint
$857 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: 97
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 96%Racial/ethnic minority
- 90%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
- 60%Grade C
- 23%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)
- 199Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2012)
- 44Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 162Total filings 2020-21
- 2.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.53×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
At $857 a month, rents run 39% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 26%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 44% of renters here are cost-burdened. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 199 filings here across 4 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2012, when 11.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 9.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
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 42101020300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101020300?
Census tract 42101020300 in the Nicetown neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (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 42101020300?
Median gross rent is $857/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101020300?
26.4% of residents in tract 42101020300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,564.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101020300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 97th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 92th, minority 96th, housing 90th.
Q5
Is tract 42101020300 considered part of Nicetown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101020300 fall within Nicetown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101020300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 199 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101020300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.50% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101020300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× 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 42101020300 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101020300 scores 7.6/10, 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 42101020300 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. 23% 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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