Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Census Tract · Ranked #28,095 of 84,120 nationally
Souderton Eviction Risk: Moderate
Tract 42091207202 · Montgomery County, PA · pop 4,671
With a score of 5.3/10, tract 42091207202 in Souderton, PA reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. Severe burden reaches 21%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate.
Risk score
5.3
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 23%
Stable renters 21%
Owners 56%
Tract context
Occupied units1,822
Renter share44.3%
SVI overall0.54
Poverty rate8.2%
Median income$82,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
84
th percentile
High
Within state
70
th percentile
Elevated
National
67
th percentile
Elevated
Geographic context
Risk heat across Souderton and the region
Centroid at 40.3132, -75.3215 · click any tract to drill in
Why Souderton scores 5.3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Souderton
6.7
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.3
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
8.2% poverty · this tract
2.1
Supply constraint
$1,278 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Souderton
6.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Souderton
8.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Souderton
6.1
How Souderton compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 54
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 47%Socioeconomic
- 67%Household composition
- 38%Racial/ethnic minority
- 56%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)
- 130Total filings over 7 yrs
- 2.75%Avg annual filing rate
- 3.9%Peak (2000)
- 18Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 36% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Souderton
The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 8.1/10. Cost burden runs about half here against 42.6% across Montgomery County.
Running cool, economic stress reads 2.1/10. Well under the midpoint, supply constraint reads 2.1/10. Against the Montgomery County average of 4.3, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.0 points.
Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 130 filings here across 7 tracked years. The worst year on record was 2000, when 3.9% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 2.8% of renter households face a filing.
Nationally it ranks #28,095 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Social vulnerability reads 5.9/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Average gross rent is $1,278, close to the Souderton average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $82,857. 44% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42091207202
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42091207202?
Census tract 42091207202 in Souderton scores 5.3/10 (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 42091207202?
Median gross rent is $1,278/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 52% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42091207202?
8.2% of residents in tract 42091207202 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,671.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42091207202?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 54th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 47th, household 67th, minority 38th, housing 56th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42091207202?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 130 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42091207202 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 2.75% of renter households, peaking at 3.9% in 2000. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
How does tract 42091207202 compare to Souderton overall?
Tract 42091207202 scores 5.3/10, higher than the parent city of Souderton at 4.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Souderton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Souderton
Top eight tracts in Souderton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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