Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #23,808 of 84,120 nationally
East Oak Lane Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101026900 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,431 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 5.5/10, tract 42101026900 in the East Oak Lane area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,431. The clearest offset is supply constraint at 1/10.
Risk score
5.5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units811
Renter share38.6%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate9.4%
Median income$69,769
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Within county
28
th percentile
Low
Within state
74
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0556, -75.1324 · click any tract to drill in
Why East Oak Lane scores 5.5
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
9.4% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,002 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 Oak Lane compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 66
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 58%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 88%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 62%Grade A
- 38%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)
- 97Total filings over 4 yrs
- 8.74%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.6%Peak (2011)
- 30Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 67% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 37Total filings 2020-21
- 0.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.20×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 Oak Lane. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in East Oak Lane
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Average gross rent is $1,002, 28% below the Philadelphia average.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.1 points. Court records carry 97 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 11.6% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 8.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #23,808 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7/10. Rent consumes only 17% of average household income of $69,769, an unusually wide affordability cushion.
Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.9 points hotter. Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the most pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101026900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101026900?
Census tract 42101026900 in the East Oak Lane neighborhood scores 5.5/10 (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 42101026900?
Median gross rent is $1,002/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101026900?
9.4% of residents in tract 42101026900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,431.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101026900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 58th, household 16th, minority 85th, housing 88th.
Q5
Is tract 42101026900 considered part of East Oak Lane?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101026900 fall within East Oak Lane (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101026900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 97 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101026900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 8.74% of renter households, peaking at 11.6% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101026900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.20× 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 42101026900 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101026900 scores 5.5/10, 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 42101026900 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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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