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Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally

Feltonville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101028800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,662 · neighborhood within 0.1 mi

42101028800 is a census tract in the Feltonville area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 7.7/10 for landlords. It is home to 4,662 residents. 51% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 13% Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,671
Renter share28.6%
SVI overall0.88
Poverty rate28.5%
Median income$57,996

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 5 tracts In Feltonville
Low
Within parent city
72 th percentile
Rank, 72nd percentileLowHigh
#114 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
70 th percentile
Rank, 70th percentileLowHigh
#123 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Elevated
Within state
96 th percentile
Rank, 96th percentileLowHigh
#135 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0222, -75.1241 · click any tract to drill in

Why Feltonville scores 7.7

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
28.5% poverty · this tract
7.1
Supply constraint
$1,155 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 / state7.7This tracttract 0288006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 88

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)

  • 175Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 7.13%Avg annual filing rate
  • 9.6%Peak (2016)
  • 59Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101028800
Filings climbed 64% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 132Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.47×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

Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.4/10. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.

The poverty rate is 29%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 56% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points. At $1,155 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. The filing record is not thin: 175 evictions over 4 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2016 at 9.6% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground B ("Still Desirable"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. In a typical year about 7.1% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #9,433 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 8.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 3.1 points hotter.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the most pressured. Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $57,996.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42101028800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101028800?

Census tract 42101028800 in the Feltonville 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 42101028800?

Median gross rent is $1,155/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 56% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101028800?

28.5% of residents in tract 42101028800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,662.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101028800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 88th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 95th, minority 93th, housing 23th.
Q5

Is tract 42101028800 considered part of Feltonville?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101028800 fall within Feltonville (neighborhood centroid within 0.1 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101028800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 175 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101028800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.13% of renter households, peaking at 9.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101028800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× 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 42101028800 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101028800 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 42101028800 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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