Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
West Oak Lane Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101026302 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,550 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 42101026302 in the West Oak Lane area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 4,550. Cost burden runs 22% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 23%
Owners 70%
Tract context
Occupied units2,113
Renter share29.1%
SVI overall0.42
Poverty rate8.6%
Median income$77,160
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
6
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
16
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0687, -75.1572 · click any tract to drill in
Why West Oak Lane scores 5.2
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
8.6% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,164 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 West Oak Lane compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 42
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 22%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 31%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.
- 0%Grade A
- 100%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)
- 200Total filings over 4 yrs
- 13.67%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.7%Peak (2010)
- 41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 38% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 125Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.49×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 West Oak Lane. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in West Oak Lane
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.5/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.4 points. Average gross rent is $1,164, 17% below the Philadelphia average.
Court records carry 200 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2010 at 13.7% of renter households.
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 13.7% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 65% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 4.7/10.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Annual rent works out to 18% of average household income of $77,160. 29% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101026302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101026302?
Census tract 42101026302 in the West Oak Lane neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 42101026302?
Median gross rent is $1,164/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 22% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101026302?
8.6% of residents in tract 42101026302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,550.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101026302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 42th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 22th, household 70th, minority 97th, housing 31th.
Q5
Is tract 42101026302 considered part of West Oak Lane?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101026302 fall within West Oak Lane (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101026302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 200 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101026302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.67% of renter households, peaking at 13.7% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101026302 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× 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 42101026302 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101026302 scores 5.2/10, 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 42101026302 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.
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