Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,119 of 84,120 nationally
Oxford Circle Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101031200 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,125 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi
Tract 42101031200 covers the Oxford Circle neighborhood of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. Home to 5,125 residents, it scores 6.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 84th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
31% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a high level, and 15% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,207 a month against an average household income of $52,211 a year, roughly 28% of income at the averages. Renters make up 52% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
5.9
Moderate
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 parent city
59
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
57
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
86
th percentile
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 5.9
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
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 78
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 82%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 94%Racial/ethnic minority
- 50%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
- 100%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)
- 282Total filings over 4 yrs
- 11.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 14.9%Peak (2012)
- 66Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
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
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 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 below the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
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.
The tract is predominantly Black and ranks around the 78th 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.
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 42101031200
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101031200?
Census tract 42101031200 in the Oxford Circle neighborhood scores 5.9/10 (Moderate 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 5.9/10, 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 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.
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