Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Census Tract · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally
Plymouth Meeting Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091204002 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,453 · 19% of tract blocks fall in Plymouth Meeting
Tract 42091204002 sits in Plymouth Meeting, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.1/10. The severe-burden share is 37%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 21%
Stable renters 18%
Owners 61%
Tract context
Occupied units1,404
Renter share39.1%
SVI overall0.29
Poverty rate8.3%
Median income$96,900
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
80
th percentile
High
Within state
65
th percentile
Elevated
National
63
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Plymouth Meeting and the region
Centroid at 40.1085, -75.3092 · click any tract to drill in
Why Plymouth Meeting scores 5.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Plymouth Meeting
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.3% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,472 rent vs county FMR
3.2
Rent control risk
Inherited from Plymouth Meeting
8.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.8
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Plymouth Meeting
7.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Plymouth Meeting
5.3
How Plymouth Meeting 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.
- 36%Socioeconomic
- 13%Household composition
- 50%Racial/ethnic minority
- 40%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)
- 129Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.83%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.5%Peak (2004)
- 27Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings climbed 59% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Plymouth Meeting
53% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, well above the Montgomery County average of 42.6%. What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 8.2/10.
At $1,472 a month, rents run 25% under what the rest of Plymouth Meeting commands. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 2.1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, tenant-organizing strength reads 7.8/10. The filing record is not thin: 129 evictions over 7 years of observation.
It sits 0.8 points above the Montgomery County average of 4.3. The worst year on record was 2004, when 4.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 63rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091204002
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091204002?
Census tract 42091204002 in Plymouth Meeting scores 5.1/10 (Moderate 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 42091204002?
Median gross rent is $1,472/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091204002?
8.3% of residents in tract 42091204002 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,453.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091204002?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 29th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 36th, household 13th, minority 50th, housing 40th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091204002?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 129 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091204002 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.83% of renter households, peaking at 4.5% in 2004. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091204002 compare to Plymouth Meeting overall?
Tract 42091204002 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Plymouth Meeting at 4.6/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Plymouth Meeting; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Plymouth Meeting
Top eight tracts in Plymouth Meeting ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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