Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #61,757 of 84,120 nationally
College Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Bala Cynwyd
Tract 42091204400 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 3,602 · neighborhood within 0.5 mi
Census tract 42091204400 sits in the College Park area of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.9/10. It lands near the 71st percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
Rent eats 30% or more of income for 41% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,701 a month against an average household income of $160,500 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. Renters make up 34% of occupied homes.
Risk score
2.8
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 20%
Owners 66%
Tract context
Occupied units1,136
Renter share34.3%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate18.0%
Median income$160,500
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
82
th percentile
High
Within state
33
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bala Cynwyd and the region
Centroid at 40.0115, -75.2303 · click any tract to drill in
Why College Park scores 2.8
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bala Cynwyd
8.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
18.0% poverty · this tract
4.5
Supply constraint
$1,701 rent vs county FMR
4.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bala Cynwyd
4.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bala Cynwyd
6.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bala Cynwyd
4.7
How College Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 21%Socioeconomic
- 49%Household composition
- 46%Racial/ethnic minority
- 64%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: A: Best
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade A meant wealthy, predominantly white neighborhoods favored for lending. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 61%Grade A
- 0%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)
- 60Total filings over 7 yrs
- 3.05%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.6%Peak (2000)
- 10Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 23% over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in College Park
The heaviest input here is tenant organizing strength at 6.6/10. 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 Bala Cynwyd, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 60 eviction filings here over 7 tracked years, with about 3.0% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 4.6% of renter households in 2000.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 40th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091204400
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091204400?
Census tract 42091204400 in the College Park neighborhood scores 2.8/10 (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 42091204400?
Median gross rent is $1,701/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 41% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091204400?
18.0% of residents in tract 42091204400 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,602.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091204400?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 21th, household 49th, minority 46th, housing 64th.
Q5
Is tract 42091204400 considered part of College Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42091204400 fall within College Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.5 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091204400?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 60 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091204400 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 3.05% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42091204400 compare to Bala Cynwyd overall?
Tract 42091204400 scores 2.8/10, lower than the parent city of Bala Cynwyd at 3.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bala Cynwyd; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42091204400 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of A. 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.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Bala Cynwyd
Top eight tracts in Bala Cynwyd ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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