Norristown Eviction Risk: Elevated

Against the Montgomery County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 3.0 points. 34% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears.

The dominant input is tenant-organizing strength at 9.6/10. Running hot, economic stress reads 9.4/10. Annualized rent equals 41% of average household income of $32,468, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with.

The poverty rate is 38%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment. Running cool, supply constraint reads 1.1/10. At $1,106 a month, rents run 22% under what the rest of Norristown commands.

Court records carry 509 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2006 at 15.9% of renter households.

In a typical year about 13.4% of renter households face a filing.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.