Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Blue Grass Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101034701 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 7,628 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
Census tract 42101034701 covers part of the Blue Grass area of Philadelphia, PA, and scores 5.4/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 7,628. The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 17%
Owners 67%
Tract context
Occupied units2,808
Renter share32.2%
SVI overall0.68
Poverty rate12.4%
Median income$77,800
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Within county
25
th percentile
Low
Within state
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.0646, -75.0330 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blue Grass scores 5.4
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
12.4% poverty · this tract
3.1
Supply constraint
$1,369 rent vs county FMR
2.6
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 Blue Grass compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 68
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 67%Socioeconomic
- 65%Household composition
- 64%Racial/ethnic minority
- 57%Housing & transportation
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)
- 332Total filings over 4 yrs
- 13.21%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.3%Peak (2012)
- 80Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 36% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 195Total filings 2020-21
- 2.5Avg monthly (observed)
- 5.6Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.45×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.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blue Grass
Running hot, regional political climate reads 8.2/10. On the high side, local political climate reads 8/10. 14% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Against the Philadelphia County average of 6.6, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points. The filing record is not thin: 332 evictions over 4 years of observation. Filings peaked in 2012 at 19.3% of renter households.
In a typical year about 13.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Social vulnerability reads 7.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 0.8 points hotter.
about half of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,369, close to the Philadelphia average. Annual rent works out to 21% of average household income of $77,800.
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 42101034701
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101034701?
Census tract 42101034701 in the Blue Grass neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 42101034701?
Median gross rent is $1,369/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101034701?
12.4% of residents in tract 42101034701 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 7,628.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101034701?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 68th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 67th, household 65th, minority 64th, housing 57th.
Q5
Is tract 42101034701 considered part of Blue Grass?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101034701 fall within Blue Grass (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101034701?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 332 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101034701 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 13.21% of renter households, peaking at 19.3% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101034701 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.45× 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 42101034701 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101034701 scores 5.4/10, lower 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia
Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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