Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #6,289 of 84,120 nationally
Feltonville Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101028901 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 4,015 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42101028901 (the Feltonville neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) comes in at 7.2/10, the Elevated tier. It lands near the 96th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 58% of renter households, a severe level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,184 monthly, set against $39,087 in average yearly household income, roughly 36% of income at the averages. About 30% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 71%
Tract context
Occupied units1,179
Renter share29.6%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate28.0%
Median income$39,087
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
79
th percentile
High
Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
94
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0171, -75.1152 · click any tract to drill in
Why Feltonville scores 6.7
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
28.0% poverty · this tract
7.0
Supply constraint
$1,184 rent vs county FMR
1.6
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: 91
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 98%Socioeconomic
- 100%Household composition
- 95%Racial/ethnic minority
- 16%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
- 49%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)
- 122Total filings over 4 yrs
- 6.40%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.9%Peak (2011)
- 26Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 67Total filings 2020-21
- 0.9Avg monthly (observed)
- 2.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.42×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 score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.42x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, well below the pre-pandemic norm, the signature of an eviction moratorium at work.
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.
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 42101028901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101028901?
Census tract 42101028901 in the Feltonville neighborhood scores 6.7/10 (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 42101028901?
Median gross rent is $1,184/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 58% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101028901?
28.0% of residents in tract 42101028901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,015.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101028901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 100th, minority 95th, housing 16th.
Q5
Is tract 42101028901 considered part of Feltonville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101028901 fall within Feltonville (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101028901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 122 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101028901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.40% of renter households, peaking at 7.9% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101028901 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.42× 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 42101028901 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101028901 scores 6.7/10, 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 42101028901 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.
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