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

Wissinoming Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101029800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,299 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

42101029800 is a census tract in the Wissinoming area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 8/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,299. The severe-burden share is 47%, 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 38% Stable renters 11% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units1,878
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate33.2%
Median income$47,292

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 8 tracts In Wissinoming
Very High
Within parent city
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#59 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
High
Within county
83 th percentile
Rank, 83rd percentileLowHigh
#71 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 40.0160, -75.0678 · click any tract to drill in

Why Wissinoming 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
33.2% poverty · this tract
8.3
Supply constraint
$1,154 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 Wissinoming compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Wissinoming risk score vs. parent city / county / state8.0This tracttract 0298006.6Philadelphiaparent 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: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. 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)

  • 362Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 10.20%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.4%Peak (2016)
  • 100Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101029800
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 231Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.0Avg monthly (observed)
  • 6.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.49×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 Wissinoming. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Wissinoming

Cost burden runs 78% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.4/10.

The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. On the high side, economic stress reads 8.3/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. At $1,154 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands.

Court records carry 362 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 10.4% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") 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 10.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 91st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.

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

Frequently asked

About tract 42101029800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101029800?

Census tract 42101029800 in the Wissinoming 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 42101029800?

Median gross rent is $1,154/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101029800?

33.2% of residents in tract 42101029800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,299.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101029800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 97th, household 99th, minority 89th, housing 37th.
Q5

Is tract 42101029800 considered part of Wissinoming?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101029800 fall within Wissinoming (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101029800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 362 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101029800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 10.20% of renter households, peaking at 10.4% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101029800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.49× 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 42101029800 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101029800 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 42101029800 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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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