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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,988 of 84,120 nationally

Lexington Park Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101033400 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,457 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

With a score of 7.2/10, tract 42101033400 in the Lexington Park area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,457. 32% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

Risk score
7.2
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 29% Stable renters 20% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units2,112
Renter share48.2%
SVI overall0.96
Poverty rate23.3%
Median income$55,102

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Lexington Park
Elevated
Within parent city
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#156 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
63 th percentile
Rank, 63rd percentileLowHigh
#150 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Elevated
Within state
90 th percentile
Rank, 90th percentileLowHigh
#339 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0536, -75.0532 · click any tract to drill in

Why Lexington Park scores 7.2

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
23.3% poverty · this tract
5.8
Supply constraint
$1,253 rent vs county FMR
2.0
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.
Lexington Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.2This tracttract 0334006.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 96

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)

  • 356Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 11.57%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.0%Peak (2016)
  • 112Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101033400
Filings climbed 27% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 211Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 7.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.39×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 Lexington Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Lexington Park

Cost burden runs 60% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County. What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 8.2/10.

Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8/10. The poverty rate is 23%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.

Court records carry 356 eviction filings across 4 observed years. Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.6 points.

Average gross rent is $1,253, 10% below the Philadelphia average. Filings peaked in 2016 at 15.0% of renter households. 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 11.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 86% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101033400

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101033400?

Census tract 42101033400 in the Lexington Park neighborhood scores 7.2/10 (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 42101033400?

Median gross rent is $1,253/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 60% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101033400?

23.3% of residents in tract 42101033400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,457.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101033400?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 96th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 94th, minority 70th, housing 99th.
Q5

Is tract 42101033400 considered part of Lexington Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101033400 fall within Lexington Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101033400?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 356 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101033400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 11.57% of renter households, peaking at 15.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101033400 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.39× 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 42101033400 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101033400 scores 7.2/10, 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 42101033400 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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