2 census tracts · pop 4,917 · pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score 6.8/10
· range 6.8–6.8
Fords Edge spans 2 census tracts of Royersford, PA and houses 4,917 people. Scored across those inputs it reaches 6.8/10, placing it in the Elevated tier. Against a Royersford baseline of 27.7%, roughly one in two of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line.
What pushes the score up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10. The severe-burden share is 20%. Those renters are past the 50% mark, and they miss rent for reasons that have nothing to do with willingness to pay. Filings are well documented here: 258 across 2 observed tracts.
Well under the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty, at 3/10. Filing activity peaked in 2006 at 10.0% of renter households. Judgments average 2.6% of renter households a year, the share of filings that actually convert to an order.
Its 2 tracts score within 0 points of one another, so the area figure travels well to individual addresses. Average gross rent runs $1,512, close to the Royersford average. Annual rent works out to 26% of average household income of $68,516.
55% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
The area figure travels well to individual addresses here, though the per-tract table below still carries the detail. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.
Risk score
6.8
Elevated
2 tracts · population-weighted
Fords Edge vs RoyersfordHow this neighborhood stacks against the citywide average
Single-parent HH, disability, language barriers, age 17- / 65+
Racial/ethnic minority23%ile
Hispanic + non-white share of population
Housing & transport58%ile
Multi-unit structures, mobile homes, crowding, no vehicle
Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab
Court-record eviction history in Fords Edge
Aggregated across 2 validated constituent tracts. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households, pop-weighted.
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
258Total filings (sum)
4.54%Avg annual filing rate
10.0%Peak year (2006)
6.59%Latest filed (2006)
Frequently asked
About Fords Edge
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for Fords Edge?
Fords Edge scores 6.8/10 (Elevated tier) across 2 census tracts. The pop-weighted Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income and poverty signals.
Q2
How does Fords Edge compare to Royersford overall?
Fords Edge scores 1.4 points higher than Royersford overall (5.4/10). Renters spend 49% of income on rent vs 28% citywide. Average rent: $1,512 vs $1,516.
Q3
What is the average rent in Fords Edge?
Average gross rent in Fords Edge is $1,512/month (pop-weighted across 2 census tracts, ACS 5-year 2023). 49% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q4
What percentage of Fords Edge residents are renters?
55% of Fords Edge households are renter-occupied (vs 54% in Royersford). The neighborhood has 4,917 residents.
Q5
Is Fords Edge a high social-vulnerability area?
Fords Edge sits in the 50th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index (moderately vulnerable). The index combines poverty, unemployment, household composition, racial/ethnic minority share, and housing/transportation factors across all US census tracts.
Q6
Which tracts in Fords Edge have the highest eviction risk?
The highest-risk constituent tract in Fords Edge is census tract 42091206201 (score 6.8/10). Across the 2 tracts in this neighborhood the score ranges from 6.8 to 6.8, a spread of 0 points.
Q7
How safe is Fords Edge for landlords?
Fords Edge carries a elevated-tier eviction-risk profile for landlords (6.8/10). Pop-weighted across 2 constituent tracts, the score blends parent-city rent-control posture, county eviction-process timelines, and tract-specific rent-to-income / poverty signals. Compared to Royersford as a whole (5.4/10), this neighborhood is higher-risk.
Q8
What is the demographic breakdown of Fords Edge?
Fords Edge has 4,911 residents. Top groups: White (non-Hispanic) (81.5%), Other / Multiracial (7%), Hispanic / Latino (5.6%). Source: ACS 5-year 2023, table B03002.
