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Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally

Roslyn Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42091201604 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,185

42091201604 is a census tract in Roslyn, PA. It scores 5/10 for landlords. It is home to 3,185 residents. Against Montgomery County at 42.6%, 10% of renters here are cost-burdened.

Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 20% Owners 78%
Tract context
Occupied units1,292
Renter share22.4%
SVI overall0.58
Poverty rate10.9%
Median income$75,714

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 5 tracts In Roslyn
Very High
Within county
78 th percentile
Rank, 78th percentileLowHigh
#48 of 219 tracts In Montgomery County
High
Within state
64 th percentile
Rank, 64th percentileLowHigh
#1,245 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Elevated
National
61 th percentile
Rank, 61st percentileLowHigh
#32,842 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Elevated
Geographic context

Risk heat across Roslyn and the region

Centroid at 40.1347, -75.1348 · click any tract to drill in

Why Roslyn scores 5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Roslyn
8.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
10.9% poverty · this tract
2.7
Supply constraint
$853 rent vs county FMR
1.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Roslyn
2.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Roslyn
4.2
Housing court bias
Inherited from Roslyn
3.6

How Roslyn compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Roslyn risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.0This tracttract 2016043.7Roslynparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 58

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 45Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 9.90%Avg annual filing rate
  • 15.7%Peak (2003)
  • 7Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42091201604
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Roslyn

The main counterweight is supply constraint at 1/10. At $853 a month, rents run 35% under what the rest of Roslyn commands. On the high side, local political climate reads 8.4/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. The filing record is not thin: 45 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Against the Montgomery County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points. Filings peaked in 2003 at 15.7% of renter households.

This ground was mapped C ("Definitely Declining") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 9.9% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #32,842 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 22% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 6.2/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Rent consumes only 14% of average household income of $75,714, an unusually wide affordability cushion.

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 42091201604

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201604?

Census tract 42091201604 in Roslyn scores 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 42091201604?

Median gross rent is $853/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 10% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201604?

10.9% of residents in tract 42091201604 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,185.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201604?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 58th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 71th, household 45th, minority 64th, housing 35th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201604?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 45 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201604 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.90% of renter households, peaking at 15.7% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42091201604 compare to Roslyn overall?

Tract 42091201604 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Roslyn at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Roslyn; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 42091201604 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Roslyn

Top eight tracts in Roslyn ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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