Within county
77
th percentile
High
Census Tract · Ranked #65,113 of 84,120 nationally
Tract 42091201501 Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201501 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,890
Tract 42091201501 covers Montgomery in Pennsylvania. Home to 3,890 residents, it scores 5.2/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 45% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
About 38% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a high level, and 27% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,690 a month against an average household income of $99,146 a year, roughly 20% of income at the averages. About 57% of occupied units are renter-occupied, a renter-majority tract.
Risk score
2.6
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 22%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 43%
Tract context
Occupied units1,814
Renter share56.9%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate9.5%
Median income$99,146
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within state
29
th percentile
Low
National
23
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Montgomery County and the region
Centroid at 40.1040, -75.0765 · click any tract to drill in
Why Tract 42091201501 scores 2.6
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
9.5% poverty · this tract
2.4
Supply constraint
$1,690 rent vs county FMR
4.4
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 42091201501 compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 58
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 54%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 35%Racial/ethnic minority
- 70%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
- 0%Grade B
- 0%Grade C
- 0%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)
- 128Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
- 6.5%Peak (2005)
- 30Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 131% 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 42091201501
The heaviest input here 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 about the same as the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and in line with the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of B ("Still Desirable"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 58th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201501
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201501?
Census tract 42091201501 in Montgomery County scores 2.6/10 (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 42091201501?
Median gross rent is $1,690/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201501?
9.5% of residents in tract 42091201501 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,890.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201501?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 54th, household 49th, minority 35th, housing 70th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201501?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 128 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201501 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 6.5% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
Was tract 42091201501 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. 0% 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.
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