Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #81,634 of 84,120 nationally
Spring House Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201201 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 6,106 · 20% of tract blocks fall in Spring House
Census tract 42091201201 belongs to Spring House, Pennsylvania. It is home to 6,106 residents and scores 6.2/10, an elevated reading for landlords. It lands near the 79th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 54% of renter households, a severe level, and 24% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $2,248 a month against an average household income of $145,439 a year, roughly 19% of income at the averages. About 24% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 11%
Owners 76%
Tract context
Occupied units2,321
Renter share24.3%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$145,439
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
12
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
National
3
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Spring House and the region
Centroid at 40.1953, -75.2528 · click any tract to drill in
Why Spring House scores 1.2
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Spring House
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.2
Supply constraint
$2,248 rent vs county FMR
7.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Spring House
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Spring House
3.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Spring House
6.3
How Spring House compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 39
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 52%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 89%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)
- 48Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.33%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.4%Peak (2002)
- 13Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 333% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Spring House
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.6/10. 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 Spring House, 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 48 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 1.3% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.4% of renter households in 2002.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 39th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
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 42091201201
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201201?
Census tract 42091201201 in Spring House scores 1.2/10 (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 42091201201?
Median gross rent is $2,248/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 54% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201201?
5.0% of residents in tract 42091201201 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 6,106.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201201?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 52th, minority 41th, housing 89th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201201?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 48 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201201 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.33% of renter households, peaking at 2.4% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091201201 compare to Spring House overall?
Tract 42091201201 scores 1.2/10, lower than the parent city of Spring House at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Spring House; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Spring House
Top eight tracts in Spring House ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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