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Neighborhood · Ranked #7,836 of 84,120 nationally

Feltonville Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101028700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,775 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Tract 42101028700 sits in the Feltonville area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 8/10. It is home to 2,775 residents. The severe-burden share is 72%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 42% Stable renters 10% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units756
Renter share52.0%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate51.9%
Median income$26,707

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 5 tracts In Feltonville
High
Within parent city
95 th percentile
Rank, 95th percentileLowHigh
#21 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very High
Within county
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#82 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
High
Within state
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0221, -75.1313 · click any tract to drill in

Why Feltonville scores 8

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
51.9% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,271 rent vs county FMR
2.1
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.
Feltonville risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0287006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

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)

  • 95Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2011)
  • 25Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101028700
Filings climbed 67% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 71Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.45×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 Feltonville. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Feltonville

81% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%. Annualized rent equals 57% of average household income of $26,707, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.

The poverty rate is 52%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, 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 riskier for landlords by 1.4 points. Court records carry 95 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,271, 9% below the Philadelphia average.

Filings peaked in 2011 at 6.3% 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 5.4% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 91% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

Social vulnerability reads 9.4/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101028700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101028700?

Census tract 42101028700 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 42101028700?

Median gross rent is $1,271/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101028700?

51.9% of residents in tract 42101028700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,775.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101028700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 99th, minority 98th, housing 33th.
Q5

Is tract 42101028700 considered part of Feltonville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101028700 fall within Feltonville (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101028700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 95 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101028700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.43% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101028700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× 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 42101028700 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101028700 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 42101028700 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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