Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 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 covers the West Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Home to 4,874 residents, it scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 79th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 34% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,252 a month against an average household income of $68,676 a year, roughly 22% of income at the averages. About 58% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
4.8
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
27
th percentile
Low
Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
70
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 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
$1,252 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 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.
Part of this tract, about 7% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.55x 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 42101023700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101023700?
Census tract 42101023700 in the West Mount Airy 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 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 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 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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