Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #23,554 of 84,120 nationally
Sanatoga Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091208704 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,953 · 67% of tract blocks fall in Sanatoga
For landlords sizing up Sanatoga, census tract 42091208704 carries an elevated eviction-risk score of 6.8/10. That is riskier than about 91% of US census tracts.
About 70% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 40% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,765 a month while the average household earns $83,052 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 39% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
5.1
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
95
th percentile
Very High
Within state
75
th percentile
High
National
72
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Sanatoga and the region
Centroid at 40.2394, -75.6008 · click any tract to drill in
Why Sanatoga scores 5.1
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
The score leans hardest on rent-control risk at 8.6/10. 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 Sanatoga, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 232 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 6.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.1% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091208704
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091208704?
Census tract 42091208704 in Sanatoga scores 5.1/10 (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 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Sanatoga at 4.2/10. 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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