Within neighborhood
0
th percentile
Very Low
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Merion Station
Tract 42091204500 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,731 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
Tract 42091204500 sits in the Indian Creek area of Merion Station, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. The main counterweight is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 6%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 88%
Tract context
Occupied units1,491
Renter share11.9%
SVI overall0.19
Poverty rate2.3%
Median income$222,125
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merion Station and the region
Centroid at 39.9994, -75.2495 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Creek scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merion Station
8.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
2.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,160 rent vs county FMR
7.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merion Station
2.2
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merion Station
2.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merion Station
2.2
How Indian Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 19
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 9%Socioeconomic
- 45%Household composition
- 32%Racial/ethnic minority
- 34%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.
- 80%Grade A
- 19%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)
- 14Total filings over 6 yrs
- 0.80%Avg annual filing rate
- 1.9%Peak (2000)
- 3Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 50% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Indian Creek. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Creek
Severe burden reaches 26%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. Running hot, local political climate reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Montgomery County average of 4.3.
Well under the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.2/10. The voucher gap is 19.9%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears.
Court records carry 14 eviction filings across 6 observed years. Against Montgomery County at 42.6%, roughly one in two of renters here are cost-burdened. At $2,160 a month, rents run 12% under what the rest of Merion Station commands.
Filings peaked in 2000 at 1.9% of renter households. This ground was mapped A ("Best") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Philadelphia. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above.
In a typical year about 0.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091204500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091204500?
Census tract 42091204500 in the Indian Creek neighborhood scores 3/10 (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 42091204500?
Median gross rent is $2,160/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 47% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091204500?
2.3% of residents in tract 42091204500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,731.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091204500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 19th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 9th, household 45th, minority 32th, housing 34th.
Q5
Is tract 42091204500 considered part of Indian Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42091204500 fall within Indian Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091204500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 14 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42091204500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 0.80% of renter households, peaking at 1.9% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42091204500 compare to Merion Station overall?
Tract 42091204500 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Merion Station at 3.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Merion Station; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42091204500 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 Merion Station
Top eight tracts in Merion Station ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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