Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
West Mount Airy Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101023700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,874 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 42101023700 sits in the West Mount Airy area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.5/10. Population here is 4,874. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 34% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 38%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,382
Renter share57.6%
SVI overall0.62
Poverty rate10.4%
Median income$68,676
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0487, -75.1886 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Mount Airy 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
10.4% poverty · this tract
2.6
Supply constraint
$1,252 rent vs county FMR
1.9
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 West Mount Airy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 62
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 49%Socioeconomic
- 28%Household composition
- 78%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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
- 64%Grade B
- 28%Grade C
- 7%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)
- 352Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.25%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.6%Peak (2011)
- 85Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 322Total filings 2020-21
- 4.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.7Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.55×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 West Mount Airy. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Mount Airy
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 1.9/10.
The severe-burden share is 15%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. It sits 1.1 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 352 filings here across 4 tracked years.
At $1,252 a month, rents run 10% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. Filings peaked in 2011 at 7.6% of renter households.
In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). 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 7.3% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Social vulnerability reads 6.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101023700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101023700?
Census tract 42101023700 in the West Mount Airy 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 42101023700?
Median gross rent is $1,252/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101023700?
10.4% of residents in tract 42101023700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,874.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101023700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 49th, household 28th, minority 78th, housing 81th.
Q5
Is tract 42101023700 considered part of West Mount Airy?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101023700 fall within West Mount Airy (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101023700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 352 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101023700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.25% of renter households, peaking at 7.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101023700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.55× 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 42101023700 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101023700 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 42101023700 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. 7% 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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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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