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Neighborhood · Ranked #63,308 of 84,120 nationally

Indian Creek Eviction Risk: Lower , Merion Station

Tract 42091205503 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 5,064 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 3.2/10, tract 42091205503 in the Indian Creek area of Penn Wynne, PA reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,064 residents. Cost burden runs roughly one in eight here against 42.6% across Montgomery County.

Risk score
3.2
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2% Stable renters 16% Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,006
Renter share18.6%
SVI overall0.32
Poverty rate7.5%
Median income$155,000

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 3 tracts In Indian Creek
Moderate
Within parent city
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 2 tracts In Merion Station
Very High
Within county
17 th percentile
Rank, 17th percentileLowHigh
#183 of 219 tracts In Montgomery County
Very Low
Within state
25 th percentile
Rank, 25th percentileLowHigh
#2,601 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across Merion Station and the region

Centroid at 39.9862, -75.2697 · click any tract to drill in

Why Indian Creek scores 3.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local 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
7.5% poverty · this tract
1.9
Supply constraint
$2,242 rent vs county FMR
7.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Merion Station
3.1
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Merion Station
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Merion Station
3.5

How Indian Creek compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Indian Creek risk score vs. parent city / county / state3.2This tracttract 2055033.5Merion Stationparent city4.3Countyavg tract in county4.6Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 32

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

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)

  • 20Total filings over 5 yrs
  • 2.84%Avg annual filing rate
  • 3.6%Peak (2000)
  • 4Filings in 2005 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2000 to 2006
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 42091205503
Filings dropped 100% 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

The score leans hardest on local political climate at 8.4/10. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.9/10.

The voucher gap is 24.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. Running hot, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.

It sits 1.1 points below the Montgomery County average of 4.3. At $2,242 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Penn Wynne commands. Court records carry 20 eviction filings across 5 observed years.

The worst year on record was 2000, when 3.6% of renter households were served. This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") 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 2.8% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #63,308 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. At 19% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 42091205503

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091205503?

Census tract 42091205503 in the Indian Creek neighborhood scores 3.2/10 (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 42091205503?

Median gross rent is $2,242/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 13% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42091205503?

7.5% of residents in tract 42091205503 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,064.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42091205503?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 32th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 75th, minority 49th, housing 66th.
Q5

Is tract 42091205503 considered part of Indian Creek?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42091205503 fall within Indian Creek (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091205503?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 20 eviction filings across 5 validated years in tract 42091205503 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.84% of renter households, peaking at 3.6% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

How does tract 42091205503 compare to Merion Station overall?

Tract 42091205503 scores 3.2/10, 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 42091205503 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 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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