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Neighborhood · Ranked #11,153 of 84,120 nationally

Rhawnhurst Eviction Risk: Elevated , Philadelphia

Tract 42101033701 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 6,779 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi

With a score of 7.3/10, tract 42101033701 in the Rhawnhurst area of Philadelphia, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 6,779. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
7.3
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 42% Owners 31%
Tract context
Occupied units2,462
Renter share69.2%
SVI overall0.91
Poverty rate22.5%
Median income$48,682

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
67 th percentile
Rank, 67th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 4 tracts In Rhawnhurst
Elevated
Within parent city
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#147 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
65 th percentile
Rank, 65th percentileLowHigh
#143 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Elevated
Within state
94 th percentile
Rank, 94th percentileLowHigh
#207 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0673, -75.0483 · click any tract to drill in

Why Rhawnhurst scores 7.3

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
22.5% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,153 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 Rhawnhurst compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Rhawnhurst risk score vs. parent city / county / state7.3This tracttract 0337016.6Philadelphiaparent city6.6Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 91

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)

  • 260Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 4.97%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.0%Peak (2016)
  • 76Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42101033701
Filings climbed 25% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 180Total filings 2020-21
  • 2.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 5.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.47×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 Rhawnhurst. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Rhawnhurst

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1.4/10. 69% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building nearby. Cost burden runs 40% here against 49.1% across Philadelphia County.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.2/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.

The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. At $1,153 a month, rents run 17% under what the rest of Philadelphia commands. Court records carry 260 eviction filings across 4 observed years.

It sits 0.7 points above the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. The worst year on record was 2016, when 6.0% 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 5.0% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 87% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.7 points hotter.

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 42101033701

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101033701?

Census tract 42101033701 in the Rhawnhurst neighborhood scores 7.3/10 (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 42101033701?

Median gross rent is $1,153/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101033701?

22.5% of residents in tract 42101033701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,779.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101033701?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 91th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 81th, household 91th, minority 69th, housing 90th.
Q5

Is tract 42101033701 considered part of Rhawnhurst?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101033701 fall within Rhawnhurst (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101033701?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 260 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101033701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.97% of renter households, peaking at 6.0% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101033701 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.47× 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 42101033701 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101033701 scores 7.3/10, 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 42101033701 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

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Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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