Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Olney Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101027300 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,601 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
42101027300 is a census tract in the Olney area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,601. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 63% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 14%
Owners 63%
Tract context
Occupied units2,383
Renter share36.8%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate24.4%
Median income$42,423
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0378, -75.1189 · click any tract to drill in
Why Olney scores 7.7
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
24.4% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,323 rent vs county FMR
2.3
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 Olney compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 88
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 90%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 90%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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.
- 75%Grade A
- 15%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)
- 278Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.93%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.4%Peak (2011)
- 47Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 37% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 173Total filings 2020-21
- 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.56×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 Olney. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Olney
Set annual rent against average income of $42,423 and the ratio lands at 37%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
The severe-burden share is 17%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The poverty rate is 24%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 278 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2011 at 10.4% of renter households.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") 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 9.9% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 89th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101027300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101027300?
Census tract 42101027300 in the Olney neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 42101027300?
Median gross rent is $1,323/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 63% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101027300?
24.4% of residents in tract 42101027300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,601.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101027300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 90th, household 96th, minority 90th, housing 40th.
Q5
Is tract 42101027300 considered part of Olney?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101027300 fall within Olney (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101027300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 278 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101027300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.93% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101027300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.56× 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 42101027300 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101027300 scores 7.7/10, higher 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 42101027300 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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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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