Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,927 of 84,120 nationally
Germantown - Penn Knox Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101024200 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,595 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 7.6/10, tract 42101024200 in the Germantown - Penn Knox area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,595. Severe burden reaches 36%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 28%
Stable renters 29%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,925
Renter share57.7%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate24.6%
Median income$46,144
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
69
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0285, -75.1697 · click any tract to drill in
Why Germantown - Penn Knox scores 7.6
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
24.6% poverty · this tract
6.2
Supply constraint
$740 rent vs county FMR
1.0
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 Germantown - Penn Knox compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 93
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 81%Socioeconomic
- 94%Household composition
- 86%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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
- 77%Grade C
- 23%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)
- 599Total filings over 4 yrs
- 15.57%Avg annual filing rate
- 16.6%Peak (2010)
- 133Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 18% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 445Total filings 2020-21
- 5.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 10.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.54×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Germantown - Penn Knox
Average gross rent is $740, 47% below the Philadelphia average. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 25%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 599 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2010 at 16.6% of renter households.
This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 15.6% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 88th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101024200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101024200?
Census tract 42101024200 in the Germantown - Penn Knox neighborhood scores 7.6/10 (Elevated 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 42101024200?
Median gross rent is $740/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101024200?
24.6% of residents in tract 42101024200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,595.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101024200?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 94th, minority 86th, housing 89th.
Q5
Is tract 42101024200 considered part of Germantown - Penn Knox?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101024200 fall within Germantown - Penn Knox (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101024200?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 599 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101024200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 15.57% of renter households, peaking at 16.6% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101024200 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.54× 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 42101024200 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101024200 scores 7.6/10, higher 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 42101024200 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. 23% 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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