Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Willow Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091200307 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 2,590 · 97% of tract blocks fall in Willow Grove
Willow Grove is where census tract 42091200307 sits, home to 2,590 residents. Its landlord eviction-risk score is 5.6/10. That is riskier than about 60% of US census tracts.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 35% of renter households, a high level, and 11% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,685 a month while the average household earns $78,370 a year, roughly 26% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 17%
Stable renters 31%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units1,086
Renter share48.4%
SVI overall0.52
Poverty rate10.6%
Median income$78,370
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
75
th percentile
High
Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Willow Grove and the region
Centroid at 40.1539, -75.1145 · click any tract to drill in
Why Willow Grove scores 2.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Willow Grove
8.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.6% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$1,685 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Willow Grove
4.9
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Willow Grove
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Willow Grove
4.1
How Willow Grove compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 52
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 72%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 81%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
- 0%Grade B
- 6%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)
- 68Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.41%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2006)
- 15Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 25% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Willow Grove
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 7.1/10. 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 Willow Grove eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 68 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 1.4% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.2% of renter households in 2006.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of C ("Declining"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091200307
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091200307?
Census tract 42091200307 in Willow Grove scores 2.6/10 (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 average rent in tract 42091200307?
Median gross rent is $1,685/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 35% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091200307?
10.6% of residents in tract 42091200307 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,590.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091200307?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 52th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 72th, minority 27th, housing 81th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091200307?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 68 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091200307 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.41% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091200307 compare to Willow Grove overall?
Tract 42091200307 scores 2.6/10, lower than the parent city of Willow Grove at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Willow Grove eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7
Was tract 42091200307 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 Willow Grove
Top eight tracts in Willow Grove ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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