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Neighborhood · Ranked #24,926 of 84,120 nationally

Port Richmond Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101037800 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,215 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi

Tract 42101037800, home to 2,215 residents in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, scores 6.6/10 for landlord eviction risk. It lands near the 88th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 47% of renter households, a severe level, and 13% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,401 monthly, set against $63,772 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 46% of occupied homes.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 24% Owners 55%
Tract context
Occupied units1,157
Renter share45.8%
SVI overall0.36
Poverty rate10.8%
Median income$63,772

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Port Richmond
Very High
Within parent city
34 th percentile
Rank, 34th percentileLowHigh
#268 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Low
Within county
36 th percentile
Rank, 36th percentileLowHigh
#263 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Low
Within state
74 th percentile
Rank, 74th percentileLowHigh
#901 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 39.9806, -75.0957 · click any tract to drill in

Why Port Richmond scores 5

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
10.8% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,401 rent vs county FMR
2.8
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 Port Richmond compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Port Richmond risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.05.0This tracttract 037800Philadelphia: 5.55.5Philadelphiaparent cityCounty: 5.65.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 36

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)

  • 82Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 6.45%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.7%Peak (2016)
  • 24Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 421010378002010: 19 filings (5.16/100 renter HHs)2011: 17 filings (6.09/100 renter HHs)2012: 22 filings (7.89/100 renter HHs)2016: 24 filings (6.65/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 26% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 57Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.7Avg monthly (observed)
  • 1.2Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.61×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 1 filings (0.67× 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 (0.50× 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: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2020-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2021-08-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2021-09-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2021-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-03-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2022-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-07-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2022-08-01: 4 filings (3.20× baseline)2022-09-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-10-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2022-11-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-04-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-05-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2023-10-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2023-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-12-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2024-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2024-08-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 1 filings (0.80× baseline)2024-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-01-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 2 filings (1.33× baseline)2025-04-01: 1 filings (1.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 1 filings (4.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2025-07-01: 4 filings (2.00× baseline)2025-08-01: 2 filings (1.60× baseline)2025-09-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2025-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (0.67× baseline)2026-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 1 filings (10.00× 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 Port Richmond. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Port Richmond

The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. 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 about the same as 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.

The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 36th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.

Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 82 eviction filings here over 4 tracked years, with about 6.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 6.7% of renter households in 2016.

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 42101037800

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101037800?

Census tract 42101037800 in the Port Richmond neighborhood scores 5/10 (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 42101037800?

Median gross rent is $1,401/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101037800?

10.8% of residents in tract 42101037800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,215.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101037800?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 36th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 50th, household 38th, minority 22th, housing 30th.
Q5

Is tract 42101037800 considered part of Port Richmond?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101037800 fall within Port Richmond (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101037800?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 82 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101037800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.45% of renter households, peaking at 6.7% in 2016. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101037800 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.61× 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 42101037800 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101037800 scores 5/10, 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 42101037800 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. 23% 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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