Within parent city
67
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Glenside Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091201705 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,363
Here is how census tract 42091201705, in Glenside, looks to a landlord: a 6.1/10 eviction-risk score (Elevated tier) across a population of 4,363. It lands near the 77th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
67% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 62% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,347 monthly, set against $95,114 in average yearly household income, roughly 17% of income at the averages. About 23% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
Lower
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 county
55
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Glenside and the region
Centroid at 40.1046, -75.1477 · click any tract to drill in
Why Glenside scores 1.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal 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.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 29
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 24%Socioeconomic
- 12%Household composition
- 16%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%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
- 86%Grade B
- 1%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)
- 152Total filings over 7 yrs
- 4.85%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.8%Peak (2005)
- 31Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
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
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at 9.5/10. 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 inherited from Glenside, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 152 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 4.9% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 7.8% of renter households in 2005.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 29th 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.
For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091201705
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091201705?
Census tract 42091201705 in Glenside scores 1.9/10 (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 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 1.9/10, lower than the parent city of Glenside at 3.9/10. 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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