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Census Tract · Ranked #34,278 of 84,120 nationally

Ambler Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42091201301 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,770

Tract 42091201301 sits in Ambler, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.9/10. It is home to 3,770 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.

Risk score
4.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21% Stable renters 27% Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,396
Renter share48.0%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate4.7%
Median income$90,463

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Ambler
Very Low
Within county
75 th percentile
Rank, 75th percentileLowHigh
#56 of 219 tracts In Montgomery County
Elevated
Within state
62 th percentile
Rank, 62nd percentileLowHigh
#1,298 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
National
59 th percentile
Rank, 59th percentileLowHigh
#34,278 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Ambler and the region

Centroid at 40.1598, -75.2205 · click any tract to drill in

Why Ambler scores 4.9

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Ambler
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
4.7% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$1,414 rent vs county FMR
2.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ambler
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ambler
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ambler
4.8

How Ambler compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Ambler risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.9This tracttract 2013014.6Amblerparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 53

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

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)

  • 181Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.43%Avg annual filing rate
  • 6.3%Peak (2006)
  • 40Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42091201301
Filings climbed 82% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Ambler

Running cool, economic stress reads 1.2/10. Severe burden reaches 15%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.

Court records carry 181 eviction filings across 7 observed years. It sits 0.6 points above the Montgomery County average of 4.3.

The worst year on record was 2006, when 6.3% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing.

Nationally it ranks #34,278 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 5.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Rent takes 30% or more of income for 44% of renters.

Average gross rent is $1,414, close to the Ambler average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $90,463.

48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42091201301

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201301?

Census tract 42091201301 in Ambler scores 4.9/10 (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 42091201301?

Median gross rent is $1,414/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 44% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201301?

4.7% of residents in tract 42091201301 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,770.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201301?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 43th, household 52th, minority 49th, housing 63th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201301?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 181 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201301 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.43% of renter households, peaking at 6.3% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42091201301 compare to Ambler overall?

Tract 42091201301 scores 4.9/10, higher than the parent city of Ambler at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ambler; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Ambler

Top eight tracts in Ambler ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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