Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
East Mount Airy Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101025400 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,784 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101025400 is a census tract in the East Mount Airy area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,916
Renter share44.3%
SVI overall0.72
Poverty rate11.4%
Median income$68,287
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
30
th percentile
Low
Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
76
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0604, -75.1761 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Mount Airy scores 5.6
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
11.4% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,142 rent vs county FMR
1.3
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 Mount Airy compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 72
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 51%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 79%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.
- 36%Grade A
- 64%Grade B
- 0%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)
- 311Total filings over 4 yrs
- 12.47%Avg annual filing rate
- 17.2%Peak (2016)
- 89Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 27% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 256Total filings 2020-21
- 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 7.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.47×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 Mount Airy. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Mount Airy
The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1.3/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,142, 18% below the Philadelphia average.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.0 points. The filing record is not thin: 311 evictions over 4 years of observation.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 17.2% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 12.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.5/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101025400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101025400?
Census tract 42101025400 in the East Mount Airy neighborhood scores 5.6/10 (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 42101025400?
Median gross rent is $1,142/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101025400?
11.4% of residents in tract 42101025400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,784.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101025400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 72th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 51th, household 66th, minority 90th, housing 79th.
Q5
Is tract 42101025400 considered part of East Mount Airy?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101025400 fall within East Mount Airy (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101025400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 311 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101025400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.47% of renter households, peaking at 17.2% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101025400 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× 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 42101025400 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101025400 scores 5.6/10, lower 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 42101025400 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. 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.
Sibling tracts
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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