Within parent city
33
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #52,479 of 84,120 nationally
Harleysville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091207004 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,209
Census tract 42091207004 covers part of Harleysville, PA, and scores 3.8/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 4,209 residents. Severe burden reaches 25%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
3.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,616
Renter share22.8%
SVI overall0.11
Poverty rate6.7%
Median income$125,294
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
44
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
42
th percentile
Moderate
National
38
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Harleysville and the region
Centroid at 40.2764, -75.3854 · click any tract to drill in
Why Harleysville scores 3.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Harleysville
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.7% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,618 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Harleysville
6.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Harleysville
7.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Harleysville
5.2
How Harleysville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 11
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 13%Socioeconomic
- 9%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 33%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)
- 148Total filings over 7 yrs
- 5.61%Avg annual filing rate
- 10.7%Peak (2003)
- 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 50% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Harleysville
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1.7/10. 52% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Montgomery County average of 42.6%.
Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 148 evictions over 7 years of observation.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 7/10. Filings peaked in 2003 at 10.7% of renter households. Average gross rent is $1,618, 9% below the Harleysville average.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #52,479 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 23% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
Social vulnerability reads 2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Against average income of $125,294, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091207004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091207004?
Census tract 42091207004 in Harleysville scores 3.8/10 (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 42091207004?
Median gross rent is $1,618/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091207004?
6.7% of residents in tract 42091207004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,209.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091207004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 11th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 13th, household 9th, minority 27th, housing 33th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091207004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 148 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091207004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.61% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091207004 compare to Harleysville overall?
Tract 42091207004 scores 3.8/10, lower than the parent city of Harleysville at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Harleysville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Harleysville
Top eight tracts in Harleysville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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