Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #80,791 of 84,120 nationally
Willow Grove Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201607 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,387 · 9% of tract blocks fall in Willow Grove
Census tract 42091201607 runs through Willow Grove in Montgomery County. With 3,387 residents, it scores 5.8/10 for landlords. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 48% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a severe level, and 31% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,892 monthly, set against $123,625 in average yearly household income, roughly 18% of income at the averages. Renters make up 15% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 7%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 85%
Tract context
Occupied units1,243
Renter share15.3%
SVI overall0.17
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$123,625
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
17
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
3
th percentile
Very Low
National
4
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Willow Grove and the region
Centroid at 40.1249, -75.1224 · click any tract to drill in
Why Willow Grove scores 1.3
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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,892 rent vs county FMR
5.5
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: 17
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 28%Socioeconomic
- 38%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 8%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 89%Grade B
- 2%Grade C
- 3%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)
- 58Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.59%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.1%Peak (2004)
- 7Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
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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 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.
Part of this tract, about 3% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was B ("Still Desirable"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 58 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 2.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.1% of renter households in 2004.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201607
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201607?
Census tract 42091201607 in Willow Grove scores 1.3/10 (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 42091201607?
Median gross rent is $1,892/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 48% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201607?
3.4% of residents in tract 42091201607 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,387.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201607?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 17th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 28th, household 38th, minority 50th, housing 8th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201607?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 58 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201607 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.59% of renter households, peaking at 4.1% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091201607 compare to Willow Grove overall?
Tract 42091201607 scores 1.3/10, 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 42091201607 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 3% 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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