Within county
71
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #68,306 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42091201204 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201204 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 2,233
Tract 42091201204, home to 2,233 residents in Montgomery, scores $1/10 for landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than about 38% of US census tracts.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 5% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,619 a month against an average household income of $83,000 a year, roughly 23% of income at the averages. Renters make up 13% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.4
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%
Stable renters 8%
Owners 87%
Tract context
Occupied units1,048
Renter share13.1%
SVI overall0.13
Poverty rate2.8%
Median income$83,000
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
24
th percentile
Low
National
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montgomery County and the region
Centroid at 40.1689, -75.2355 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42091201204 scores 2.4
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
2.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,619 rent vs county FMR
4.0
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 42091201204 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 13
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 26%Socioeconomic
- 21%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 7%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)
- 12Total filings over 6 yrs
- 1.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.7%Peak (2003)
- 2Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Tract 42091201204
What moves this score most is eviction process difficulty at $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 set by Pennsylvania eviction laws law, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 13th 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.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 12 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 1.8% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 2.7% of renter households in 2003.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201204
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201204?
Census tract 42091201204 in Montgomery County scores 2.4/10 (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 42091201204?
Median gross rent is $1,619/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201204?
2.8% of residents in tract 42091201204 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,233.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201204?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 13th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 26th, household 21th, minority 50th, housing 7th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201204?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 12 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42091201204 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.83% of renter households, peaking at 2.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
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