Within county
38
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #78,212 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42091201901 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201901 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 5,072
Eviction risk in Montgomery centers on tract 42091201901, which scores 4.9/10 (Moderate tier) and is home to 5,072 residents. It lands near the 34th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 37% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,344 a month while the average household earns $138,750 a year, roughly 12% of income at the averages. Renters make up 9% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 3%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 92%
Tract context
Occupied units1,856
Renter share8.7%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$138,750
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
7
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montgomery County and the region
Centroid at 40.0942, -75.0984 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42091201901 scores 1.6
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
5.2% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,344 rent vs county FMR
2.5
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 42091201901 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 11%Socioeconomic
- 39%Household composition
- 29%Racial/ethnic minority
- 17%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 25%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)
- 22Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.82%Avg annual filing rate
- 5.5%Peak (2001)
- 2Filings 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 42091201901
What moves this score most 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 22 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 5.5% of renter households in 2001.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201901
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201901?
Census tract 42091201901 in Montgomery County scores 1.6/10 (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 42091201901?
Median gross rent is $1,344/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 37% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201901?
5.2% of residents in tract 42091201901 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,072.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201901?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 11th, household 39th, minority 29th, housing 17th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201901?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 22 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201901 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.82% of renter households, peaking at 5.5% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Was tract 42091201901 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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.
Related