Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #65,414 of 84,120 nationally
Blue Bell Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 42091203208 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 2,726
With a score of 3.1/10, tract 42091203208 in Blue Bell, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,726 residents. Against Montgomery County at 42.6%, about one in five of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
3.1
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 9%
Owners 89%
Tract context
Occupied units1,205
Renter share11.5%
SVI overall0.05
Poverty rate3.4%
Median income$153,594
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
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 40.1370, -75.2636 · 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
3.4% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,288 rent vs county FMR
7.7
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: 5
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 5%Socioeconomic
- 30%Household composition
- 23%Racial/ethnic minority
- 9%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)
- 62Total filings over 6 yrs
- 6.68%Avg annual filing rate
- 19.3%Peak (2005)
- 16Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
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. At $2,288 a month, rents run 32% under what the rest of Blue Bell commands. The voucher gap is 27.0%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
On the softer side, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.2/10. Running cool, housing-court posture reads 2.2/10. Against the Montgomery County average of 4.3, this tract reads safer for landlords by 1.2 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 62 filings here across 6 tracked years. Filings peaked in 2005 at 19.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #65,414 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 12% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.
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 42091203208
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091203208?
Census tract 42091203208 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 42091203208?
Median gross rent is $2,288/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 21% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091203208?
3.4% of residents in tract 42091203208 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,726.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091203208?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 5th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 5th, household 30th, minority 23th, housing 9th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091203208?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 62 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42091203208 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.68% of renter households, peaking at 19.3% in 2005. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091203208 compare to Blue Bell overall?
Tract 42091203208 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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