Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally
Mechanicsville Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101036303 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 6,840 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
With a score of 5.2/10, tract 42101036303 in the Mechanicsville area of Philadelphia, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 30%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 93%
Tract context
Occupied units2,336
Renter share6.8%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate9.3%
Median income$100,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
3
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
69
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 40.1090, -74.9700 · click any tract to drill in
Why Mechanicsville scores 5.2
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
9.3% poverty · this tract
2.3
Supply constraint
$1,270 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 Mechanicsville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 17%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 13%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)
- 20Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.27%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.3%Peak (2010)
- 4Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 32Total filings 2020-21
- 0.4Avg monthly (observed)
- 0.3Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.52×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Mechanicsville
The score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 8.2/10. On the high side, regional political climate reads 8.2/10.
It sits 1.4 points below the Philadelphia County average of 6.6. Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8/10.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 20 filings here across 4 tracked years. 45% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, below the Philadelphia County average of 49.1%.
Average gross rent is $1,270, 9% below the Philadelphia average. The worst year on record was 2010, when 3.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.3% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 65th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Only 7% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10.
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 42101036303
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101036303?
Census tract 42101036303 in the Mechanicsville neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (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 42101036303?
Median gross rent is $1,270/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 45% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101036303?
9.3% of residents in tract 42101036303 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,840.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101036303?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 17th, household 39th, minority 29th, housing 13th.
Q5
Is tract 42101036303 considered part of Mechanicsville?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101036303 fall within Mechanicsville (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101036303?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101036303 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.27% of renter households, peaking at 3.3% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101036303 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.52× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101036303 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101036303 scores 5.2/10, 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.
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