Norristown Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091203902 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,919
Census tract 42091203902 belongs to Norristown, Pennsylvania. It is home to 3,919 residents and scores 6.7/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 90th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 48% of renter households, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,405 monthly, set against $65,523 in average yearly household income, roughly 26% of income at the averages. Renters make up 86% of occupied homes, a renter-majority tract.
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Risk heat across Norristown and the region
Centroid at 40.1112, -75.3366 · click any tract to drill in
Why Norristown scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyHow Norristown compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.SVI percentile: 90
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 77%Socioeconomic
- 93%Household composition
- 85%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%Housing & transportation
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)
- 749Total filings over 7 yrs
- 10.86%Avg annual filing rate
- 12.9%Peak (2006)
- 145Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
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What drives eviction risk in Norristown
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 9.6/10. 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 Norristown eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 749 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 10.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 12.9% of renter households in 2006.
The tract is Hispanic or Latino and Black and ranks around the 90th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
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Highest-risk tracts in Norristown
Top eight tracts in Norristown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.