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

Wissinoming Eviction Risk: High , Philadelphia

Tract 42101031600 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 6,236 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi

Census tract 42101031600 covers part of the Wissinoming area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 6,236 residents. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 28% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
8
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 10% Stable renters 25% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units2,060
Renter share35.3%
SVI overall0.66
Poverty rate31.2%
Median income$42,176

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
71 th percentile
Rank, 71st percentileLowHigh
#3 of 8 tracts In Wissinoming
Elevated
Within parent city
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#30 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very High
Within county
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#43 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 40.0327, -75.0592 · 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
31.2% poverty · this tract
7.8
Supply constraint
$1,536 rent vs county FMR
3.5
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 0316006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 66

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)

  • 140Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 5.74%Avg annual filing rate
  • 5.7%Peak (2016)
  • 40Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101031600
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 149Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.3Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.59×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

Annualized rent equals 44% of average household income of $42,176, 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. The poverty rate is 31%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10.

11% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Court records carry 140 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Average gross rent is $1,536, 10% above the Philadelphia average.

The worst year on record was 2016, when 5.7% of renter households were served. 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.

In a typical year about 5.7% of renter households face a filing.

Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101031600

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101031600?

Census tract 42101031600 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 42101031600?

Median gross rent is $1,536/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101031600?

31.2% of residents in tract 42101031600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,236.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101031600?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 66th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 84th, household 28th, minority 77th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 42101031600 considered part of Wissinoming?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101031600 fall within Wissinoming (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101031600?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 140 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101031600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.74% of renter households, peaking at 5.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101031600 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.59× 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 42101031600 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101031600 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 42101031600 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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