Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #37,882 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42091201800 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091201800 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,197
Census tract 42091201800 covers part of Montgomery County, PA, and scores 4.7/10 on landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,197 residents. 21% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.
Risk score
4.7
Moderate
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
59
th percentile
Elevated
National
55
th percentile
Elevated
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 4.7
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 score leans hardest on court filing pressure at 7.7/10. Against Montgomery County at 42.6%, 36% of renters here are cost-burdened. On the softer side, supply constraint reads 2.6/10.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.8/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 11 filings here across 6 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2000, when 0.6% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 0.4% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 55th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 5.8/10. Against average income of $108,259, annual rent is just 15%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured.
It tracks the Montgomery County average of 4.3 closely. Average gross rent runs $1,366 a month.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201800
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201800?
Census tract 42091201800 in Montgomery County scores 4.7/10 (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 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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