Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #14,906 of 84,120 nationally
Bridgeport Eviction Risk: Elevated
Tract 42091205700 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 5,000
42091205700 is a census tract in Bridgeport, PA. It scores 6.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,000 residents. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.4/10.
Risk score
6.6
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27%
Stable renters 27%
Owners 46%
Tract context
Occupied units1,999
Renter share54.1%
SVI overall0.40
Poverty rate16.7%
Median income$79,247
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
87
th percentile
High
National
82
th percentile
High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Bridgeport and the region
Centroid at 40.1041, -75.3436 · click any tract to drill in
Why Bridgeport scores 6.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Bridgeport
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
16.7% poverty · this tract
4.2
Supply constraint
$1,468 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Bridgeport
6.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Bridgeport
9.4
Housing court bias
Inherited from Bridgeport
7.0
How Bridgeport compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 40
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 45%Socioeconomic
- 17%Household composition
- 53%Racial/ethnic minority
- 52%Housing & transportation
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)
- 469Total filings over 7 yrs
- 6.70%Avg annual filing rate
- 9.3%Peak (2001)
- 58Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings stayed roughly flat over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Bridgeport
It sits 2.3 points above the Montgomery County average of 4.3. The severe-burden share is 25%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10.
50% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, higher than the Montgomery County average of 42.6%. Average gross rent is $1,468, 18% above the Bridgeport average.
The filing record is not thin: 469 evictions over 7 years of observation. On the softer side, eviction-process difficulty reads 2.9/10.
Filings peaked in 2001 at 9.3% of renter households. In a typical year about 6.7% of renter households face a filing.
On the national scale it lands near the 82nd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 4.6/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the PA average is 4.6, so this tract runs 2.0 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091205700
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091205700?
Census tract 42091205700 in Bridgeport scores 6.6/10 (Elevated 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 42091205700?
Median gross rent is $1,468/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 50% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091205700?
16.7% of residents in tract 42091205700 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,000.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091205700?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 40th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 45th, household 17th, minority 53th, housing 52th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091205700?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 469 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091205700 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.70% of renter households, peaking at 9.3% in 2001. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091205700 compare to Bridgeport overall?
Tract 42091205700 scores 6.6/10, higher than the parent city of Bridgeport at 5.2/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Bridgeport; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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