Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Lawncrest Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101030502 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 7,267 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
With a score of 7.5/10, tract 42101030502 in the Lawncrest area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,267. The severe-burden share is 73%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 83%
Tract context
Occupied units1,787
Renter share17.0%
SVI overall0.92
Poverty rate24.4%
Median income$50,245
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
68
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0457, -75.1047 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lawncrest scores 7.5
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
24.4% poverty · this tract
6.1
Supply constraint
$1,683 rent vs county FMR
4.3
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 Lawncrest compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 92
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 91%Socioeconomic
- 92%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 67%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
- 98%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)
- 175Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.17%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.7%Peak (2016)
- 59Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 44% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 122Total filings 2020-21
- 1.6Avg monthly (observed)
- 3.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.53×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 Lawncrest. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lawncrest
Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 97% of renters here are cost-burdened. Set annual rent against average income of $50,245 and the ratio lands at 40%, above the conventional 30% ceiling.
The dominant input is court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
The poverty rate is 24%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.
At $1,683 a month, rents run 20% over what the rest of Philadelphia commands. It sits 0.9 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 175 filings here across 4 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2016 at 9.7% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101030502
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101030502?
Census tract 42101030502 in the Lawncrest neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (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 42101030502?
Median gross rent is $1,683/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 97% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101030502?
24.4% of residents in tract 42101030502 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,267.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101030502?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 92th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 91th, household 92th, minority 91th, housing 67th.
Q5
Is tract 42101030502 considered part of Lawncrest?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101030502 fall within Lawncrest (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101030502?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 175 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101030502 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.17% of renter households, peaking at 9.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101030502 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.53× 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 42101030502 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101030502 scores 7.5/10, 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 42101030502 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
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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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