Within neighborhood
67
th percentile
Elevated
Neighborhood · Ranked #9,433 of 84,120 nationally
Volunteertown Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101031401 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 7,461 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
Tract 42101031401 sits in the Volunteertown area of Philadelphia eviction risk, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 7.7/10. It is home to 7,461 residents. Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
7.7
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 26%
Owners 42%
Tract context
Occupied units2,146
Renter share57.5%
SVI overall0.90
Poverty rate27.6%
Median income$56,818
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
70
th percentile
Elevated
Within county
72
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
96
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0457, -75.0666 · click any tract to drill in
Why Volunteertown scores 7.7
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
27.6% poverty · this tract
6.9
Supply constraint
$1,738 rent vs county FMR
4.6
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 Volunteertown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 93%Socioeconomic
- 96%Household composition
- 76%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)
- 290Total filings over 4 yrs
- 7.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.0%Peak (2011)
- 69Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 157Total filings 2020-21
- 2.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 4.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.44×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 Volunteertown. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Volunteertown
Annualized rent equals 37% of average household income of $56,818, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. The poverty rate is 28%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Average gross rent is $1,738, 24% above the Philadelphia average. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.
Cost burden runs 55% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 290 filings here across 4 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2011, when 8.0% 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 7.2% of renter households face a filing.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42101031401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101031401?
Census tract 42101031401 in the Volunteertown neighborhood scores 7.7/10 (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 42101031401?
Median gross rent is $1,738/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101031401?
27.6% of residents in tract 42101031401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,461.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101031401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 90th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 93th, household 96th, minority 76th, housing 50th.
Q5
Is tract 42101031401 considered part of Volunteertown?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101031401 fall within Volunteertown (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101031401?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 290 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101031401 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.22% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101031401 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.44× 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 42101031401 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101031401 scores 7.7/10, 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 42101031401 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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