Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally
Feltonville Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia
Tract 42101028500 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,625 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Tract 42101028500 sits in the Feltonville area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. Severe burden reaches 38%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,081
Renter share39.5%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate47.7%
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
98
th percentile
Very High
Within county
81
th percentile
High
Within state
100
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0289, -75.1337 · click any tract to drill in
Why Feltonville scores 8
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
47.7% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,065 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 Feltonville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 99%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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)
- 186Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.72%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.0%Peak (2010)
- 41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 25% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 103Total filings 2020-21
- 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.8Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.48×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 Feltonville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Feltonville
The dominant input is economic stress at 10/10. The poverty rate is 48%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1/10.
On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. At $1,065 a month, rents run 24% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.
It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened. The filing record is not thin: 186 evictions over 4 years of observation.
Filings peaked in 2010 at 13.0% 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 9.7% of renter households face a filing.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101028500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101028500?
Census tract 42101028500 in the Feltonville neighborhood scores 8/10 (High 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 42101028500?
Median gross rent is $1,065/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101028500?
47.7% of residents in tract 42101028500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,625.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101028500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 100th, minority 99th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 42101028500 considered part of Feltonville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101028500 fall within Feltonville (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101028500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 186 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101028500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.72% of renter households, peaking at 13.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101028500 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.48× 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 42101028500 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101028500 scores 8/10, 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 42101028500 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.
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