Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #41,206 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42091201004 Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091201004 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 5,949
Tract 42091201004 sits in Montgomery County, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 4.5/10. 41% 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
4.5
Moderate
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 13%
Owners 60%
Tract context
Occupied units2,527
Renter share40.3%
SVI overall0.44
Poverty rate8.8%
Median income$107,207
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
56
th percentile
Elevated
National
51
th percentile
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montgomery County and the region
Centroid at 40.2298, -75.2999 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42091201004 scores 4.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
State baseline
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.8% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$2,614 rent vs county FMR
9.5
Rent control risk
State baseline
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
State baseline
4.0
Housing court bias
State baseline
5.0
How Tract 42091201004 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 44
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 18%Socioeconomic
- 74%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 60%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)
- 92Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.50%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2005)
- 21Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 110% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42091201004
Cost burden runs 67% here against 42.6% across Montgomery County. The voucher gap is 45.1%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
The score leans hardest on supply constraint at 9.5/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 2.2/10. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.
The filing record is not thin: 92 evictions over 7 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2005, when 3.9% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 2.5% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 51% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Social vulnerability reads 5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Montgomery County average of 4.3 closely.
Average gross rent runs $2,614 a month. Annual rent works out to 29% of average household income of $107,207.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201004
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201004?
Census tract 42091201004 in Montgomery County scores 4.5/10 (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 42091201004?
Median gross rent is $2,614/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201004?
8.8% of residents in tract 42091201004 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,949.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201004?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 44th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 18th, household 74th, minority 50th, housing 60th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201004?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 92 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201004 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.50% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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