Within parent city
25
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #57,812 of 84,120 nationally
Roslyn Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201605 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,531
With a score of 3.5/10, tract 42091201605 in Roslyn, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 3,531 residents. The clearest offset is economic stress at 1.3/10.
Risk score
3.5
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 4%
Owners 96%
Tract context
Occupied units1,156
Renter share4.1%
SVI overall0.47
Poverty rate5.2%
Median income$112,815
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
30
th percentile
Low
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
National
31
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Roslyn and the region
Centroid at 40.1314, -75.1425 · click any tract to drill in
Why Roslyn scores 3.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Roslyn
8.4
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
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Roslyn
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Roslyn
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Roslyn
3.6
How Roslyn compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 47
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 20%Socioeconomic
- 87%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 51%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 33%Grade B
- 43%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)
- 15Total filings over 6 yrs
- 4.22%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.4%Peak (2000)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 40% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Roslyn
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.4/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. Court records carry 15 eviction filings across 6 observed years.
Against the Montgomery County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 0.8 points. Filings peaked in 2000 at 9.4% of renter households. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 4.2% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #57,812 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Only 4% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 5.2/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.1 points cooler.
Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201605
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201605?
Census tract 42091201605 in Roslyn scores 3.5/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42091201605?
5.2% of residents in tract 42091201605 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,531.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201605?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 47th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 20th, household 87th, minority 53th, housing 51th.
Q4
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201605?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 15 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42091201605 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.22% of renter households, peaking at 9.4% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q5
How does tract 42091201605 compare to Roslyn overall?
Tract 42091201605 scores 3.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Roslyn at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Roslyn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q6
Was tract 42091201605 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Roslyn
Top eight tracts in Roslyn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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