Within county
73
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #66,742 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42091201800 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201800 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,197
Census tract 42091201800 belongs to Montgomery in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It is home to 3,197 residents and scores 5.1/10, a moderate reading for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 41% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 36% of renter households, a high level, and 21% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,366 monthly, set against $108,259 in average yearly household income, roughly 15% of income at the averages. About 43% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.5
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 16%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,438
Renter share43.0%
SVI overall0.53
Poverty rate11.2%
Median income$108,259
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
26
th percentile
Low
National
21
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montgomery County and the region
Centroid at 40.1068, -75.1236 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42091201800 scores 2.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
11.2% poverty · this tract
2.8
Supply constraint
$1,366 rent vs county FMR
2.6
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42091201800 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 53
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 95%Household composition
- 36%Racial/ethnic minority
- 76%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 78%Grade A
- 9%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 11Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.36%Avg annual filing rate
- 0.6%Peak (2000)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42091201800
The heaviest input here is eviction process difficulty at $1/10. 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 set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 53rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201800?
Census tract 42091201800 in Montgomery County scores 2.5/10 (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 42091201800?
Median gross rent is $1,366/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 36% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201800?
11.2% of residents in tract 42091201800 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,197.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201800?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 53th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 95th, minority 36th, housing 76th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201800?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 11 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42091201800 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.36% of renter households, peaking at 0.6% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Was tract 42091201800 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 0% 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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