Within parent city
50
th percentile
Moderate
Census Tract · Ranked #32,842 of 84,120 nationally
Collegeville Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091206300 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 5,172
With a score of 5/10, tract 42091206300 in Collegeville, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 5,172. The severe-burden share is 48%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
5
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 12%
Owners 74%
Tract context
Occupied units1,563
Renter share26.1%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate6.9%
Median income$88,992
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
78
th percentile
High
Within state
64
th percentile
Elevated
National
61
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Collegeville and the region
Centroid at 40.1869, -75.4575 · click any tract to drill in
Why Collegeville scores 5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Collegeville
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
6.9% poverty · this tract
1.7
Supply constraint
$1,468 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Collegeville
9.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.3
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Collegeville
5.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Collegeville
6.7
How Collegeville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 19%Socioeconomic
- 5%Household composition
- 31%Racial/ethnic minority
- 65%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)
- 55Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.18%Avg annual filing rate
- 4.4%Peak (2003)
- 7Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 46% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Collegeville
What pushes it up most is rent-regulation exposure at 9.5/10. Against Montgomery County at 42.6%, 53% of renters here are cost-burdened. Running cool, economic stress reads 1.7/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.7/10. Court records carry 55 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Against the Montgomery County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 0.7 points.
The worst year on record was 2003, when 4.4% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.2% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 61st percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 2.9/10. Of its three components the household composition measure is the least pressured.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091206300
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091206300?
Census tract 42091206300 in Collegeville scores 5/10 (Moderate 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 42091206300?
Median gross rent is $1,468/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 53% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091206300?
6.9% of residents in tract 42091206300 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,172.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091206300?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 19th, household 5th, minority 31th, housing 65th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091206300?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091206300 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.18% of renter households, peaking at 4.4% in 2003. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091206300 compare to Collegeville overall?
Tract 42091206300 scores 5/10, higher than the parent city of Collegeville at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Collegeville; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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