Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Upper Roxborough Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101021800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,997 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
In the Upper Roxborough area of Philadelphia, census tract 42101021800 scores 6.8/10 for eviction risk. On the national scale it ranks #7,400 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 57% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,558 a month against an average household income of $70,354 a year, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 71% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 41%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 28%
Tract context
Occupied units2,513
Renter share71.3%
SVI overall0.59
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$70,354
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
26
th percentile
Low
Within county
27
th percentile
Low
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0575, -75.2324 · click any tract to drill in
Why Upper Roxborough scores 4.8
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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,558 rent vs county FMR
3.6
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 Upper Roxborough compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 59
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 33%Household composition
- 58%Racial/ethnic minority
- 69%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 424Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.1%Peak (2016)
- 133Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 32% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 925Total filings 2020-21
- 12.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 14.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.84×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 Upper Roxborough. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Upper Roxborough
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 about the same as 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 424 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 6.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.1% of renter households in 2016.
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 42101021800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101021800?
Census tract 42101021800 in the Upper Roxborough neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 42101021800?
Median gross rent is $1,558/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 57% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101021800?
10.4% of residents in tract 42101021800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,997.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101021800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 59th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 33th, minority 58th, housing 69th.
Q5
Is tract 42101021800 considered part of Upper Roxborough?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101021800 fall within Upper Roxborough (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101021800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 424 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101021800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.93% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101021800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.84× 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 42101021800 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101021800 scores 4.8/10, 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.
Q9
Was tract 42101021800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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