Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #69,776 of 84,120 nationally
Fox Chase Eviction Risk: Lower , Rockledge
Tract 42091202000 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 2,624 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Census tract 42091202000 sits in the Fox Chase area of Rockledge, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.3/10. On the national scale it ranks #43,383 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 38% of renter households, a high level, and 18% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,095 a month against an average household income of $82,708 a year, roughly 16% of income at the averages. About 31% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
2.3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 12%
Stable renters 19%
Owners 69%
Tract context
Occupied units1,058
Renter share31.0%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate6.8%
Median income$82,708
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Within county
66
th percentile
Elevated
Within state
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Rockledge and the region
Centroid at 40.0823, -75.0898 · click any tract to drill in
Why Fox Chase scores 2.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Rockledge
8.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.8% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,095 rent vs county FMR
1.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Rockledge
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Rockledge
6.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Rockledge
4.2
How Fox Chase compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 37%Household composition
- 12%Racial/ethnic minority
- 21%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
- 92%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)
- 32Total filings over 7 yrs
- 1.42%Avg annual filing rate
- 2.2%Peak (2006)
- 7Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 75% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Fox Chase
What moves this score most is tenant organizing strength at 6.7/10. 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 Rockledge, 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.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 28th 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.
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.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091202000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091202000?
Census tract 42091202000 in the Fox Chase neighborhood scores 2.3/10 (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 42091202000?
Median gross rent is $1,095/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 38% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091202000?
6.8% of residents in tract 42091202000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,624.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091202000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 37th, minority 12th, housing 21th.
Q5
Is tract 42091202000 considered part of Fox Chase?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42091202000 fall within Fox Chase (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091202000?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091202000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 1.42% of renter households, peaking at 2.2% in 2006. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42091202000 compare to Rockledge overall?
Tract 42091202000 scores 2.3/10, lower than the parent city of Rockledge at 4.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Rockledge; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42091202000 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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