Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Lexington Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia
Tract 42101033300 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,730 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
42101033300 is a census tract in the Lexington Park area of Philadelphia, PA. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. Population here is 3,730. Pulling hardest the other way is supply constraint at 1.4/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 49%
Tract context
Occupied units1,642
Renter share51.4%
SVI overall0.73
Poverty rate17.3%
Median income$55,389
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
51
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
87
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0551, -75.0443 · click any tract to drill in
Why Lexington Park scores 6.6
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
17.3% poverty · this tract
4.3
Supply constraint
$1,161 rent vs county FMR
1.4
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 Lexington Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 73
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 43%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 57%Racial/ethnic minority
- 86%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)
- 349Total filings over 4 yrs
- 12.51%Avg annual filing rate
- 15.6%Peak (2016)
- 107Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 70% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 239Total filings 2020-21
- 3.1Avg monthly (observed)
- 6.0Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.52×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 Lexington Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Lexington Park
Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Against Philadelphia County at 49.1%, 39% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10.
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Average gross rent is $1,161, 17% below the Philadelphia average. Court records carry 349 eviction filings across 4 observed years.
The worst year on record was 2016, when 15.6% 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 12.5% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #14,906 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 7.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
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 42101033300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101033300?
Census tract 42101033300 in the Lexington Park neighborhood scores 6.6/10 (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 42101033300?
Median gross rent is $1,161/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 39% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101033300?
17.3% of residents in tract 42101033300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,730.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101033300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 73th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 88th, minority 57th, housing 86th.
Q5
Is tract 42101033300 considered part of Lexington Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101033300 fall within Lexington Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101033300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 349 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101033300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.51% of renter households, peaking at 15.6% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101033300 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.52× 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 42101033300 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101033300 scores 6.6/10, right in line with 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 42101033300 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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