Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #12,481 of 84,120 nationally
Germantown - Morton Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101024600 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,552 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42101024600 is a census tract in the Germantown - Morton area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 7.1/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,552 residents. 26% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Risk score
7.1
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 43%
Owners 41%
Tract context
Occupied units1,220
Renter share59.1%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$53,414
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
61
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0410, -75.1729 · click any tract to drill in
Why Germantown - Morton scores 7.1
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
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$913 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 - Morton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 76%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 89%Racial/ethnic minority
- 92%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
- 0%Grade B
- 19%Grade C
- 81%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)
- 500Total filings over 4 yrs
- 18.10%Avg annual filing rate
- 26.9%Peak (2012)
- 89Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 35% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 346Total filings 2020-21
- 4.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.5Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.60×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 Germantown - Morton. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Germantown - Morton
The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. At $913 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 500 filings here across 4 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 26.9% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground D ("Hazardous"). 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 18.1% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.5 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101024600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101024600?
Census tract 42101024600 in the Germantown - Morton neighborhood scores 7.1/10 (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 42101024600?
Median gross rent is $913/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 26% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101024600?
22.4% of residents in tract 42101024600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,552.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101024600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 76th, household 66th, minority 89th, housing 92th.
Q5
Is tract 42101024600 considered part of Germantown - Morton?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101024600 fall within Germantown - Morton (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101024600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 500 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101024600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 18.10% of renter households, peaking at 26.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101024600 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.60× 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 42101024600 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101024600 scores 7.1/10, 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 42101024600 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. 81% 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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