Delaware County


453

lawsuits from January 2020 to December 2023

94.5%

of defendants did not have legal representation

42.5%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

January 2020 - December 2023

Out of 115 debt collectors in Delaware County, the top 10 (8.7%) are responsible for 330 (72.8%) of 453 lawsuits.

  • 'Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
    118 lawsuits (26.0%)
  • Abc Bail Bonds Inc
    116 lawsuits (25.6%)
  • Penn Medicine University of Pennsylvania Health System Tuition Repayment
    24 lawsuits (5.3%)
  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.
    20 lawsuits (4.4%)
  • Progressive Speciality Insurance Company
    16 lawsuits (3.5%)
  • Delborrello Financial Services LLC
    13 lawsuits (2.9%)
  • Progressive Advanced Insurance Company
    9 lawsuits (2.0%)
  • Philadelphia Gas Works
    6 lawsuits (1.3%)
  • United Financial Casualty Insurance Company
    5 lawsuits (1.1%)
  • Peco Energy Company
    3 lawsuits (0.7%)
  • Other
    123 lawsuits (27.2%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

October typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 13 filings, accounting for 10.8% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

January 2020 - December 2023

Delaware County is split into 152 tracts. On the map you can see debt collection lawsuit statistics, shown as circles, and ACS statistics, shown as shaded backgrounds, for each census tract.

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0.06.012.0+No DataSelect American Community Survey (2022, 5 year estimate) statistic:
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Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

January 2020 - December 2023

The table to the right shows data for the 110 Census tracts in Delaware County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: December 2023

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jan '20 - Dec '23
Default Judgments
Census Tract 3.01
2513

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Census Tract 28
218

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Census Tract 21
209

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Census Tract 25
172

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Census Tract 24
147

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Census Tract 26
115

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Census Tract 3.02
115

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Census Tract 4.01
116

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Census Tract 4.02
106

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Census Tract 29
104

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The top 10 tracts by number of lawsuits listed above are based on defendants' home addresses. Click the table headers to change sorting metrics for the entire dataset. Use search to find a specific location.
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Debt Collection Lawsuits by Neighborhood Demographics

Census tracts have been categorized by their racial/ethnic majority, based on data from the American Community Survey.

Neighborhoods by Racial Majority

  • White: 59.1% of neighborhoods, 32.2% of lawsuits

  • Black: 29.1% of neighborhoods, 53.4% of lawsuits

  • No Majority: 10.9% of neighborhoods, 13.2% of lawsuits

  • Asian: 0.9% of neighborhoods, 1.1% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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