Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Germany Hill Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101021500 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,995 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42101021500 is a census tract in the Germany Hill area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,995. 15% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units2,110
Renter share34.3%
SVI overall0.22
Poverty rate1.3%
Median income$121,667
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0357, -75.2308 · click any tract to drill in
Why Germany Hill scores 5.2
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
1.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,614 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 Germany Hill compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 22
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 23%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 77%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 2%Grade B
- 38%Grade C
- 48%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)
- 44Total filings over 4 yrs
- 1.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2016)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 78% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 98Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.04×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran near baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Germany Hill
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Average gross rent is $1,614, 16% above the Philadelphia average.
The filing record is not thin: 44 evictions over 4 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2016, when 2.2% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped D ("Hazardous") 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 1.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10. Rent consumes only 16% of average household income of $121,667, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101021500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101021500?
Census tract 42101021500 in the Germany Hill neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 42101021500?
Median gross rent is $1,614/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 15% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101021500?
1.3% of residents in tract 42101021500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,995.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101021500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 22th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 23th, household 1th, minority 46th, housing 77th.
Q5
Is tract 42101021500 considered part of Germany Hill?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101021500 fall within Germany Hill (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101021500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 44 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101021500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.49% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101021500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.04× 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 42101021500 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101021500 scores 5.2/10, 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 42101021500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 48% 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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