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Census Tract · Ranked #45,786 of 84,120 nationally

Glenside Eviction Risk: Moderate

Tract 42091201705 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,363

42091201705 is a census tract in Glenside, PA. It scores 4.2/10 for landlords. Population here is 4,363. The severe-burden share is 62%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
4.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 15% Stable renters 8% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,765
Renter share23.0%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate5.0%
Median income$95,114

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 4 tracts In Glenside
Very High
Within county
57 th percentile
Rank, 57th percentileLowHigh
#95 of 219 tracts In Montgomery County
Elevated
Within state
51 th percentile
Rank, 51st percentileLowHigh
#1,700 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Moderate
National
46 th percentile
Rank, 46th percentileLowHigh
#45,786 of 84,120 tracts In U.S.
Moderate
Geographic context

Risk heat across Glenside and the region

Centroid at 40.1046, -75.1477 · click any tract to drill in

Why Glenside scores 4.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Glenside
8.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
5.0% poverty · this tract
1.3
Supply constraint
$1,347 rent vs county FMR
2.5
Rent control risk
Inherited from Glenside
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Glenside
5.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Glenside
6.7

How Glenside compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Glenside risk score vs. parent city / county / state4.2This tracttract 2017054.0Glensideparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 29

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

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.

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)

  • 152Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 4.85%Avg annual filing rate
  • 7.8%Peak (2005)
  • 31Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42091201705
Filings climbed 210% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Glenside

67% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well clear of the Montgomery County average of 42.6%. The score leans hardest on rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10.

On the softer side, economic stress reads 1.3/10. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.4/10. The filing record is not thin: 152 evictions over 7 years of observation.

Filings peaked in 2005 at 7.8% of renter households. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 4.9% of renter households face a filing.

That is riskier than roughly 46% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 23% 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 3.6/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.

Against average income of $95,114, annual rent is just 17%. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 5%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 42091201705

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201705?

Census tract 42091201705 in Glenside scores 4.2/10 (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 42091201705?

Median gross rent is $1,347/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 67% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42091201705?

5.0% of residents in tract 42091201705 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,363.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42091201705?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 24th, household 12th, minority 16th, housing 72th.
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091201705?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 152 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091201705 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.85% of renter households, peaking at 7.8% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

How does tract 42091201705 compare to Glenside overall?

Tract 42091201705 scores 4.2/10, right in line with the parent city of Glenside at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Glenside; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 42091201705 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.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Glenside

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

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