Within neighborhood
75
th percentile
High
Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally
Olney Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101027401 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,223 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
42101027401 is a census tract in the Olney area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 7.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,223. 34% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, markedly below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 34%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,139
Renter share51.8%
SVI overall0.95
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$49,869
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
63
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
62
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
90
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0386, -75.1287 · click any tract to drill in
Why Olney scores 7.2
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
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$962 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 Olney compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 95
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 92%Socioeconomic
- 99%Household composition
- 97%Racial/ethnic minority
- 54%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.
- 69%Grade A
- 31%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)
- 124Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.96%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.4%Peak (2010)
- 31Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 95Total filings 2020-21
- 1.2Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.5Pre-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 Olney. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Olney
Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1/10. At $962 a month, rents run 31% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. Severe burden reaches 22%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 22%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 124 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.
The worst year on record was 2010, when 7.4% of renter households were served. 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 8.0% of renter households face a filing.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101027401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101027401?
Census tract 42101027401 in the Olney neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 42101027401?
Median gross rent is $962/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 34% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101027401?
22.4% of residents in tract 42101027401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,223.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101027401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 95th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 99th, minority 97th, housing 54th.
Q5
Is tract 42101027401 considered part of Olney?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101027401 fall within Olney (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101027401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 124 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101027401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.96% of renter households, peaking at 7.4% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101027401 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 42101027401 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101027401 scores 7.2/10, 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 42101027401 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.
Sibling tracts
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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