Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Blue Bell Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091203205 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 2,062 · 10% of tract blocks fall in Blue Bell
With a score of 3.1/10, tract 42091203205 in Blue Bell, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. Average gross rent is $2,083, 38% below the Blue Bell average.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 5%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units753
Renter share10.9%
SVI overall0.10
Poverty rate3.2%
Median income$220,972
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
9
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
21
th percentile
Low
National
22
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Blue Bell and the region
Centroid at 40.1546, -75.2543 · click any tract to drill in
Why Blue Bell scores 3.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Blue Bell
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
3.2% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,083 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from Blue Bell
2.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Blue Bell
3.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Blue Bell
2.2
How Blue Bell compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 10
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 8%Socioeconomic
- 68%Household composition
- 39%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
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
- 4.43%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.2%Peak (2005)
- 2Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 33% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Blue Bell
The clearest offset is economic stress at 1/10. Cost burden runs 55% here against 42.6% across Montgomery County.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.2/10. Running cool, housing-court posture reads 2.2/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Montgomery County average of 4.3.
The severe-burden share is 10%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. The voucher gap is 15.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 32 filings here across 7 tracked years.
The worst year on record was 2005, when 7.2% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 4.4% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091203205
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091203205?
Census tract 42091203205 in Blue Bell scores 3.1/10 (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 42091203205?
Median gross rent is $2,083/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091203205?
3.2% of residents in tract 42091203205 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,062.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091203205?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 10th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 8th, household 68th, minority 39th, housing 4th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091203205?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 32 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091203205 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.43% of renter households, peaking at 7.2% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091203205 compare to Blue Bell overall?
Tract 42091203205 scores 3.1/10, lower than the parent city of Blue Bell at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Blue Bell; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Blue Bell
Top eight tracts in Blue Bell ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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