Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #75,086 of 84,120 nationally
Indian Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Merion Station
Tract 42091205401 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 2,000 · neighborhood within 0.2 mi
Tract 42091205401 covers Indian Creek in Merion Station in Pennsylvania. Home to 2,000 residents, it scores 4.9/10 on landlord eviction risk. That is riskier than roughly 34% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
27% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a moderate level, and 17% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average rent runs $1,938 a month against an average household income of $181,782 a year, roughly 13% of income at the averages. About 48% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.9
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
54
th percentile
Moderate
Within state
13
th percentile
Very Low
National
11
th percentile
Very 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 1.9
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
What moves this score most is supply constraint at 5.8/10. 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.
HOLC surveyors mapped this tract in the 1930s with a dominant grade of A ("Best"), above the redlined D tier. The grading still shaped decades of lending and development in the surrounding area.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 14th 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 42091205401
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091205401?
Census tract 42091205401 in the Indian Creek neighborhood scores 1.9/10 (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 1.9/10, 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 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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