Skip to content
Neighborhood · Ranked #17,132 of 84,120 nationally

West Oak Lane Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101026600 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 7,060 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 42101026600 covers part of the West Oak Lane area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 6.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,060. The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 11% Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,838
Renter share24.0%
SVI overall0.67
Poverty rate12.6%
Median income$52,267

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In West Oak Lane
Elevated
Within parent city
43 th percentile
Rank, 43rd percentileLowHigh
#235 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Moderate
Within county
42 th percentile
Rank, 42nd percentileLowHigh
#238 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Moderate
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#570 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0635, -75.1473 · click any tract to drill in

Why West Oak Lane scores 6.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
12.6% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,328 rent vs county FMR
2.4
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.
West Oak Lane risk score vs. parent city / county / state6.2This tracttract 0266006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 67

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

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.

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)

  • 120Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 6.88%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.9%Peak (2012)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101026600
Filings dropped 29% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 54Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.7Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.42×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic 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

On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Severe burden reaches 18%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.

Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. 54% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.

Court records carry 120 eviction filings across 4 observed years. The worst year on record was 2012, when 8.9% 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 6.9% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #17,132 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 24% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.1/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 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 42101026600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101026600?

Census tract 42101026600 in the West Oak Lane neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 42101026600?

Median gross rent is $1,328/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101026600?

12.6% of residents in tract 42101026600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,060.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101026600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 67th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 68th, minority 99th, housing 15th.
Q5

Is tract 42101026600 considered part of West Oak Lane?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101026600 fall within West Oak Lane (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101026600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 120 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101026600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.88% of renter households, peaking at 8.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101026600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.42× 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 42101026600 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101026600 scores 6.2/10, 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 42101026600 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

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

Related