Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,848 of 84,120 nationally
East Germantown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101024800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,250 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi
Eviction risk in East Germantown in Philadelphia centers on tract 42101024800, which scores 7.7/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 2,250 residents. That puts it among the highest-scoring tracts in the entire country, the top 1% nationally for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 66% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $50,385 a year. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 10%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units794
Renter share30.4%
SVI overall0.51
Poverty rate38.3%
Median income$50,385
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
74
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
93
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0468, -75.1669 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Germantown scores 6.6
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
38.3% poverty · this tract
9.6
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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: 51
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 70%Socioeconomic
- 61%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%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
- 42%Grade B
- 58%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 75Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.8%Peak (2012)
- 16Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 20% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 63Total filings 2020-21
- 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.57×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
The heaviest input here is economic stress at 9.6/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. 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 above 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 75 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 9.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 10.8% of renter households in 2012.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
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 42101024800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101024800?
Census tract 42101024800 in the East Germantown neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42101024800?
38.3% of residents in tract 42101024800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,250.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101024800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 51th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 70th, household 61th, minority 97th, housing 8th.
Q4
Is tract 42101024800 considered part of East Germantown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101024800 fall within East Germantown (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101024800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101024800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.40% of renter households, peaking at 10.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Did eviction filings in tract 42101024800 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.57× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q7
How does tract 42101024800 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101024800 scores 6.6/10, 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.
Q8
Was tract 42101024800 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. 0% 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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