Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #22,681 of 84,120 nationally
Ambler Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091201302 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,005 · 96% of tract blocks fall in Ambler
42091201302 is a census tract in Ambler, PA. It scores 5.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,005 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 8.9/10.
Risk score
5.6
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18%
Stable renters 28%
Owners 54%
Tract context
Occupied units1,249
Renter share46.1%
SVI overall0.39
Poverty rate7.9%
Median income$74,009
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
86
th percentile
High
Within state
76
th percentile
High
National
73
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Ambler and the region
Centroid at 40.1527, -75.2227 · click any tract to drill in
Why Ambler scores 5.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Ambler
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
7.9% poverty · this tract
2.0
Supply constraint
$1,391 rent vs county FMR
2.7
Rent control risk
Inherited from Ambler
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Ambler
8.9
Housing court bias
Inherited from Ambler
4.8
How Ambler 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.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 36%Household composition
- 49%Racial/ethnic minority
- 39%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)
- 91Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.63%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.0%Peak (2000)
- 9Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 53% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Ambler
Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2/10. It sits 1.3 points above the Montgomery County average of 4.3.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 91 filings here across 7 tracked years.
Filings peaked in 2000 at 4.0% of renter households. In a typical year about 2.6% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #22,681 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 4.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.0 points hotter.
40% of renter households spend at least 30% of income on rent. Average gross rent is $1,391, close to the Ambler average.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201302
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201302?
Census tract 42091201302 in Ambler scores 5.6/10 (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 42091201302?
Median gross rent is $1,391/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 40% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201302?
7.9% of residents in tract 42091201302 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,005.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201302?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 39th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 36th, minority 49th, housing 39th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201302?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 91 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201302 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.63% of renter households, peaking at 4.0% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091201302 compare to Ambler overall?
Tract 42091201302 scores 5.6/10, higher than the parent city of Ambler at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Ambler; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Ambler
Top eight tracts in Ambler ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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