Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #19,618 of 84,120 nationally
Sanatoga Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091208704 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,953 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Sanatoga
With a score of 5.9/10, tract 42091208704 in Sanatoga, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. 40% 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
5.9
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 62%
Tract context
Occupied units1,598
Renter share38.5%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate22.4%
Median income$83,052
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
80
th percentile
High
National
77
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sanatoga and the region
Centroid at 40.2394, -75.6008 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sanatoga scores 5.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Sanatoga
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
22.4% poverty · this tract
5.6
Supply constraint
$1,765 rent vs county FMR
4.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Sanatoga
8.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Sanatoga
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Sanatoga
7.6
How Sanatoga compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 48%Socioeconomic
- 76%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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)
- 232Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.34%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.1%Peak (2004)
- 39Filings 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 Sanatoga
Cost burden runs 70% here against 42.6% across Montgomery County. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 8.6/10.
It sits 1.6 points above the Montgomery County average of 4.3. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. The poverty rate is 22%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.
Sitting well above the midpoint, housing-court posture reads 7.6/10. The filing record is not thin: 232 evictions over 7 years of observation. At $1,765 a month, rents run 10% over what the rest of Sanatoga commands.
The worst year on record was 2004, when 8.1% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 6.3% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 77% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.2/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091208704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091208704?
Census tract 42091208704 in Sanatoga scores 5.9/10 (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 42091208704?
Median gross rent is $1,765/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091208704?
22.4% of residents in tract 42091208704 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,953.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091208704?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 48th, household 76th, minority 49th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091208704?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 232 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091208704 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.34% of renter households, peaking at 8.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091208704 compare to Sanatoga overall?
Tract 42091208704 scores 5.9/10, higher than the parent city of Sanatoga at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Sanatoga; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Sanatoga
Top eight tracts in Sanatoga ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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