Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #49,882 of 84,120 nationally
East Falls Eviction Risk: Lower , Philadelphia
Tract 42101020702 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,095 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
The East Falls area of Philadelphia is where census tract 42101020702 sits, home to 2,095 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.2/10. On the national scale it ranks #17,283 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
39% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,200 a month against an average household income of $192,727 a year, roughly 7% of income at the averages. Renters make up 38% of occupied homes.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units728
Renter share37.9%
SVI overall0.26
Poverty rate6.0%
Median income$192,727
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
47
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0135, -75.1969 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Falls scores 3.5
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
6.0% poverty · this tract
1.5
Supply constraint
$1,200 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 East Falls compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 26
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 15%Socioeconomic
- 11%Household composition
- 47%Racial/ethnic minority
- 66%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 29%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 10%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
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 59Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.61×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 East Falls. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Falls
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 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 26th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.61x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
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 42101020702
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101020702?
Census tract 42101020702 in the East Falls neighborhood scores 3.5/10 (Lower 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 42101020702?
Median gross rent is $1,200/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101020702?
6.0% of residents in tract 42101020702 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,095.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101020702?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 26th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 15th, household 11th, minority 47th, housing 66th.
Q5
Is tract 42101020702 considered part of East Falls?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101020702 fall within East Falls (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 42101020702 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 42101020702 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101020702 scores 3.5/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 42101020702 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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