Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #50,654 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Merion Station
Tract 42091205401 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 2,000 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Census tract 42091205401 covers part of the Indian Creek area of Montgomery County, PA, and scores 3.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,000. Cost burden runs about a quarter here against 42.6% across Montgomery County.
Risk score
3.9
Lower
Confidence 80% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 35%
Owners 52%
Tract context
Occupied units835
Renter share47.5%
SVI overall0.14
Poverty rate8.9%
Median income$181,782
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
49
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
44
th percentile
Moderate
National
40
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Merion Station and the region
Centroid at 39.9965, -75.2637 · click any tract to drill in
Why Indian Creek scores 3.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Merion Station
3.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.9% poverty · this tract
2.2
Supply constraint
$1,938 rent vs county FMR
5.8
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merion Station
3.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merion Station
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merion Station
5.0
How Indian Creek compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 14
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 3%Socioeconomic
- 31%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 38%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.
- 2%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.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Indian Creek. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Indian Creek
Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 2.2/10. 17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.
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. On the national scale it lands near the 40th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.2/10. Against average income of $181,782, annual rent is just 13%.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. It tracks the Montgomery County average of 4.3 closely.
Average gross rent runs $1,938 a month. 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091205401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091205401?
Census tract 42091205401 in the Indian Creek neighborhood scores 3.9/10 (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 42091205401?
Median gross rent is $1,938/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 27% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091205401?
8.9% of residents in tract 42091205401 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,000.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091205401?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 14th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 3th, household 31th, minority 31th, housing 38th.
Q5
Is tract 42091205401 considered part of Indian Creek?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42091205401 fall within Indian Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How does tract 42091205401 compare to Merion Station overall?
Tract 42091205401 scores 3.9/10, higher 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 42091205401 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.
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