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Neighborhood · Ranked #12,919 of 84,120 nationally

Oxford Circle Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101031200 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,125 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

Census tract 42101031200 covers part of the Oxford Circle area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 7/10 on landlord eviction risk. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, around a third of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16% Stable renters 36% Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units1,836
Renter share51.9%
SVI overall0.78
Poverty rate20.3%
Median income$52,211

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Oxford Circle
Elevated
Within parent city
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#168 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#175 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Elevated
Within state
89 th percentile
Rank, 89th percentileLowHigh
#377 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0357, -75.0773 · click any tract to drill in

Why Oxford Circle scores 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
20.3% poverty · this tract
5.1
Supply constraint
$1,207 rent vs county FMR
1.7
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 Oxford Circle compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Oxford Circle risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.0This tracttract 0312006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 78

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)

  • 282Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 11.75%Avg annual filing rate
  • 14.9%Peak (2012)
  • 66Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101031200
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 254Total filings 2020-21
  • 3.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 4.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.78×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran below baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Oxford Circle. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Oxford Circle

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.7/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.

15% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The poverty rate is 20%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 282 filings here across 4 tracked years.

Average gross rent is $1,207, 14% below the Philadelphia average. The worst year on record was 2012, when 14.9% of renter households were served. 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 11.7% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 85% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Social vulnerability reads 8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.

Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.4 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101031200

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101031200?

Census tract 42101031200 in the Oxford Circle neighborhood scores 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 42101031200?

Median gross rent is $1,207/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101031200?

20.3% of residents in tract 42101031200 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,125.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101031200?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 78th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 82th, household 67th, minority 94th, housing 50th.
Q5

Is tract 42101031200 considered part of Oxford Circle?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101031200 fall within Oxford Circle (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101031200?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 282 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101031200 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.75% of renter households, peaking at 14.9% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101031200 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.78× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 42101031200 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101031200 scores 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 42101031200 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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