Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
Roxborough Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101021000 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,214 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101021000 is a census tract in the Roxborough area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.5/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,214. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 33%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units2,598
Renter share51.3%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate15.6%
Median income$88,924
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
28
th percentile
Low
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0245, -75.2151 · click any tract to drill in
Why Roxborough scores 5.5
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
15.6% poverty · this tract
3.9
Supply constraint
$1,515 rent vs county FMR
3.4
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 Roxborough compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 2%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 30%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
- 44%Grade C
- 30%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)
- 41Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2012)
- 12Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 140% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 90Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.20×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Roxborough. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Roxborough
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
19% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points.
The filing record is not thin: 41 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2012, when 2.7% of renter households were served.
Average gross rent is $1,515, 8% above the Philadelphia average. 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.
In a typical year about 1.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $88,924.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101021000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101021000?
Census tract 42101021000 in the Roxborough neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 42101021000?
Median gross rent is $1,515/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101021000?
15.6% of residents in tract 42101021000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,214.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101021000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 2th, minority 31th, housing 30th.
Q5
Is tract 42101021000 considered part of Roxborough?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101021000 fall within Roxborough (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101021000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 41 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101021000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.22% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101021000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.20× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings returned near baseline. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101021000 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101021000 scores 5.5/10, lower 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 42101021000 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. 30% 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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