Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #60,063 of 84,120 nationally
Ambler Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201302 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,005 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Ambler
The Moderate-tier score of 5.6/10 for census tract 42091201302 reflects conditions in Ambler, Pennsylvania. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 40% of renter households, a high level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,391 monthly, set against $74,009 in average yearly household income, roughly 23% of income at the averages. About 46% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.9
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,249
Renter share46.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$74,009
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
83
th percentile
High
Within state
36
th percentile
Low
National
29
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ambler and the region
Centroid at 40.1527, -75.2227 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ambler scores 2.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,391 rent vs county FMR
2.7
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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%Housing & transportation
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)
- 91Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2000)
- 9Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% 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
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 8.9/10. 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 Ambler, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 91 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.0% of renter households in 2000.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th 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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201302?
Census tract 42091201302 in Ambler scores 2.9/10 (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 42091201302?
Median gross rent is $1,391/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201302?
7.9% of residents in tract 42091201302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,005.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 36th, minority 49th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.63% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091201302 compare to Ambler overall?
Tract 42091201302 scores 2.9/10, lower than the parent city of Ambler at 3.9/10. 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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