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Northern Liberties Eviction Risk: Lower , Philadelphia

Tract 42101036700 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 3,611 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi

Northern Liberties in Philadelphia is where census tract 42101036700 sits, home to 3,611 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 6.2/10. That is riskier than about 79% of US census tracts.

About 24% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a moderate level, and 8% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,254 a month against an average household income of $156,638 a year, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
3.7
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12% Stable renters 38% Owners 50%
Tract context
Occupied units1,846
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$156,638

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Northern Liberties
Very Low
Within parent city
5 th percentile
Rank, 5th percentileLowHigh
#387 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Very Low
Within county
6 th percentile
Rank, 6th percentileLowHigh
#384 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Very Low
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#1,696 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9611, -75.1438 · click any tract to drill in

Why Northern Liberties scores 3.7

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
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$2,254 rent vs county FMR
7.5
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 Northern Liberties compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Northern Liberties risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.73.7This tracttract 036700Philadelphia: 5.55.5Philadelphiaparent cityCounty: 5.65.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 5

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: D: Hazardous (Redlined)

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade D meant Black, immigrant, and poor neighborhoods systematically denied mortgage credit. 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)

  • 75Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 2.53%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.4%Peak (2011)
  • 10Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 421010367002010: 23 filings (2.98/100 renter HHs)2011: 24 filings (3.44/100 renter HHs)2012: 18 filings (2.58/100 renter HHs)2016: 10 filings (1.11/100 renter HHs)
Filings dropped 57% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 101Total filings 2020-21
  • 1.3Avg monthly (observed)
  • 0.6Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 2.24×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-12-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2022-03-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-07-01: 3 filings (6.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-09-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2022-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-03-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-01-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-02-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2024-03-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2024-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 2 filings (8.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 2 filings (2.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 7 filings (14.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 3 filings (12.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 5 filings (6.67× baseline)2025-01-01: 3 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 4 filings (5.33× baseline)2025-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 3 filings (12.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 2 filings (1.60× baseline)2025-07-01: 4 filings (8.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 1 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 6 filings (6.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 2 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 3 filings (12.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 4 filings (5.33× baseline)2026-01-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 7 filings (70.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Northern Liberties. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Northern Liberties

The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 7.5/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

This tract overlaps land the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation redlined in the 1930s, a dominant grade of D ("Hazardous") across 52% of the tract. Redlining cut off mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class blocks, and those areas still tend to carry higher rent burden and eviction filings today.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 75 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 2.5% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 3.4% of renter households in 2011.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101036700

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101036700?

Census tract 42101036700 in the Northern Liberties neighborhood scores 3.7/10 (Lower 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 42101036700?

Median gross rent is $2,254/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 24% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101036700?

10.9% of residents in tract 42101036700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,611.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101036700?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 1th, minority 39th, housing 43th.
Q5

Is tract 42101036700 considered part of Northern Liberties?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101036700 fall within Northern Liberties (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101036700?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 75 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101036700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.53% of renter households, peaking at 3.4% in 2011. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101036700 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 2.24× 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 42101036700 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101036700 scores 3.7/10, lower than the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. 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 42101036700 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of D. 52% 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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