Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #28,017 of 84,120 nationally
Port Richmond Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia
Tract 42101037900 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 5,105 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42101037900 (the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) comes in at 6.2/10, the Elevated tier. On the national scale it ranks #17,288 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
About 31% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 9% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,305 monthly, set against $81,528 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 22% of occupied homes.
Risk score
4.8
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 15%
Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units2,265
Renter share22.1%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate12.7%
Median income$81,528
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
27
th percentile
Low
Within county
26
th percentile
Low
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region
Centroid at 39.9914, -75.0924 · click any tract to drill in
Why Port Richmond scores 4.8
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
12.7% poverty · this tract
3.2
Supply constraint
$1,305 rent vs county FMR
2.2
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 66%Socioeconomic
- 15%Household composition
- 15%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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.
- 0%Grade A
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 99%Grade D · redlined
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)
- 53Total filings over 4 yrs
- 2.65%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2010)
- 11Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 48% over the past 4 months.
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 77Total filings 2020-21
- 1.0Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.4Pre-pandemic baseline
- 0.71×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran below baseline. 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
What moves this score most 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 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 99% 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.
During 2020 and 2021, eviction filings here ran at about 0.71x the pre-COVID monthly baseline, a little under the pre-pandemic norm.
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 42101037900
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101037900?
Census tract 42101037900 in the Port Richmond neighborhood scores 4.8/10 (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 42101037900?
Median gross rent is $1,305/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 31% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42101037900?
12.7% of residents in tract 42101037900 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,105.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42101037900?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 66th, household 15th, minority 15th, housing 52th.
Q5
Is tract 42101037900 considered part of Port Richmond?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101037900 fall within Port Richmond (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101037900?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 53 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101037900 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.65% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2010. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
Did eviction filings in tract 42101037900 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 0.71× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran modestly below normal. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8
How does tract 42101037900 compare to Philadelphia overall?
Tract 42101037900 scores 4.8/10, 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 42101037900 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. 99% 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.
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