Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #82,639 of 84,120 nationally
Merion Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Merion Station
Tract 42091204600 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,749 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Landlord eviction risk in census tract 42091204600 (Merion Park in Merion Station, Pennsylvania) comes in at $1/10, the Moderate tier. It lands near the 12th percentile nationally for landlord eviction risk.
About 0% of renters carry a rent burden of 30% of income or higher, a modest level, and 0% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average household income is about $250,001 a year. Renters make up 3% of occupied homes.
Risk score
1.1
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 0%
Stable renters 3%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,672
Renter share3.1%
SVI overall0.09
Poverty rate2.0%
Median income$250,001
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
11
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
2
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merion Station and the region
Centroid at 40.0188, -75.2579 · click any tract to drill in
Why Merion Park scores 1.1
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
2.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
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 Merion Park compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 9
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 32%Household composition
- 27%Racial/ethnic minority
- 22%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.
- 40%Grade A
- 1%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)
- 21Total filings over 6 yrs
- 5.64%Avg annual filing rate
- 8.5%Peak (2000)
- 5Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Merion Park
What moves this score most is supply constraint at $1/10. That part is specific to this tract, computed from its own rent, income, and poverty figures. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Merion Station, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores below the Montgomery County average of 5.4 and below the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 21 eviction filings here over 6 tracked years, with about 5.6% of renter households facing a filing in a typical year. Filings peaked at 8.5% of renter households in 2000.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 9th percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091204600
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091204600?
Census tract 42091204600 in the Merion Park neighborhood scores 1.1/10 (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 poverty rate in tract 42091204600?
2.0% of residents in tract 42091204600 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,749.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091204600?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 9th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 32th, minority 27th, housing 22th.
Q4
Is tract 42091204600 considered part of Merion Park?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42091204600 fall within Merion Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091204600?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 21 eviction filings across 6 validated years in tract 42091204600 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 5.64% of renter households, peaking at 8.5% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091204600 compare to Merion Station overall?
Tract 42091204600 scores 1.1/10, lower than the parent city of Merion Station at 3.6/10. 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.
Q7
Was tract 42091204600 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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