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Feltonville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

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

With a score of 7.6/10, tract 42101028700 in the Feltonville area of Philadelphia ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 2,775 residents. That is riskier than roughly 99% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

81% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 72% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,271 monthly, set against $26,707 in average yearly household income, roughly 57% of income at the averages. About 52% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.

Risk score
7
Elevated
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
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#39 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very High
Within county
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#35 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very High
Within state
99 th percentile
Rank, 99th percentileLowHigh
#54 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 7

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 / stateThis tract: 7.07.0This tracttract 028700Philadelphia: 5.55.5Philadelphiaparent cityCounty: 5.65.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg 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 421010287002010: 15 filings (3.93/100 renter HHs)2011: 28 filings (6.33/100 renter HHs)2012: 27 filings (6.11/100 renter HHs)2016: 25 filings (5.33/100 renter HHs)
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 baseline2020-01-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2020-02-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2021-03-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-03-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-06-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (0.73× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2022-12-01: 2 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-01-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2023-03-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2023-06-01: 2 filings (1.14× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2024-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 2 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2024-09-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2025-03-01: 3 filings (6.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2025-08-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-09-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2025-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 1 filings (0.36× baseline)2025-12-01: 3 filings (1.00× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× 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

What moves this score most is economic stress at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.

During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.45x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101028700

Q1

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

Census tract 42101028700 in the Feltonville neighborhood scores 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 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 7/10, higher than the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. 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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