Cedar Grove Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101029000 ·
Philadelphia County, PA · pop 8,182 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
With a score of $1/10, tract 42101029000 in Cedar Grove in Philadelphia ranks in the Elevated tier for landlord eviction risk. The tract is home to 8,182 residents. That is riskier than roughly 94% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 64% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 54% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,166 a month while the average household earns $40,870 a year, roughly 34% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
6.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15%Stable renters 9%Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,093
Renter share24.1%
SVI overall0.98
Poverty rate20.8%
Median income$40,870
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#2 of 3 tracts In Cedar Grove
Moderate
Within parent city
65th percentile
#142 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
66th percentile
#141 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Elevated
Within state
89th percentile
#370 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0308, -75.1171 · click any tract to drill in
Why Cedar Grove scores 6.2
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
20.8% poverty · this tract
5.2
Supply constraint
$1,166 rent vs county FMR
1.5
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 Cedar Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 98
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
99%Socioeconomic
98%Household composition
96%Racial/ethnic minority
71%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
77%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)
235Total filings over 4 yrs
6.62%Avg annual filing rate
7.8%Peak (2012)
41Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year2010 to 2016
Filings dropped 32% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
171Total filings 2020-21
2.2Avg monthly (observed)
3.6Pre-pandemic baseline
0.62×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–20212020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
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 Cedar Grove. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
The heaviest input here is 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 about the same as 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.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 98th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.62x 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 42101029000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101029000?
Census tract 42101029000 in the Cedar Grove neighborhood scores 6.2/10 (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 42101029000?
Median gross rent is $1,166/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 64% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101029000?
20.8% of residents in tract 42101029000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,182.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101029000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 98th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 99th, household 98th, minority 96th, housing 71th.
Q5
Is tract 42101029000 considered part of Cedar Grove?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101029000 fall within Cedar Grove (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101029000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 235 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101029000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.62% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101029000 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.62× 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 42101029000 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101029000 scores 6.2/10, 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 42101029000 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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