Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Merion Park Eviction Risk: Lower , Merion Station
Tract 42091204600 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,749 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 42091204600 sits in the Merion Park area of Merion Station, PA, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. It is home to 4,749 residents. Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10.
Risk score
3
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
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
1
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
19
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 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
2.0% 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
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.4/10. It sits 1.3 points below the Montgomery County average of 4.3. Running cool, rent-regulation exposure reads 2.2/10.
Court records carry 21 eviction filings across 6 observed years. The worst year on record was 2000, when 8.5% of renter households were served. In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground A ("Best"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today.
In a typical year about 5.6% of renter households face a filing. That is riskier than roughly 20% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. Only 3% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 1.8/10. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 1.6 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 2%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
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 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 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 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.
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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