Within neighborhood
33
th percentile
Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #8,138 of 84,120 nationally
East Germantown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101024700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,291 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
How risky is the East Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia for landlords? Census tract 42101024700 scores 7.1/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 95th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 74% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,057 monthly, set against $47,849 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
6.4
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 38%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,806
Renter share51.7%
SVI overall0.89
Poverty rate26.0%
Median income$47,849
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0417, -75.1645 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Germantown scores 6.4
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
26.0% poverty · this tract
6.5
Supply constraint
$1,057 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 East Germantown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 89
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 74%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
- 87%Grade C
- 13%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)
- 365Total filings over 4 yrs
- 11.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.4%Peak (2016)
- 115Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 46% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 333Total filings 2020-21
- 4.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 8.9Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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 East Germantown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Germantown
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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 365 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 11.2% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 15.4% of renter households in 2016.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.48x 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 42101024700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101024700?
Census tract 42101024700 in the East Germantown neighborhood scores 6.4/10 (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 42101024700?
Median gross rent is $1,057/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 74% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101024700?
26.0% of residents in tract 42101024700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,291.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101024700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 89th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 88th, minority 95th, housing 74th.
Q5
Is tract 42101024700 considered part of East Germantown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101024700 fall within East Germantown (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101024700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 365 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101024700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.17% of renter households, peaking at 15.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101024700 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 42101024700 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101024700 scores 6.4/10, higher 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 42101024700 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. 13% 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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