Montgomery County


268

lawsuits from January 2020 to December 2023

90.3%

of defendants did not have legal representation

30.6%

of lawsuits resulted in default judgments


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Top Debt Collectors

January 2020 - December 2023

Out of 107 debt collectors in Montgomery County, the top 10 (9.3%) are responsible for 150 (56.0%) of 268 lawsuits.

  • 'Philadelphia Federal Credit Union
    63 lawsuits (23.5%)
  • Abc Bail Bonds Inc
    25 lawsuits (9.3%)
  • Penn Medicine University of Pennsylvania Health System Tuition Repayment
    15 lawsuits (5.6%)
  • State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co.
    11 lawsuits (4.1%)
  • Progressive Speciality Insurance Company
    9 lawsuits (3.4%)
  • Delborrello Financial Services LLC
    7 lawsuits (2.6%)
  • Progressive Advanced Insurance Company
    6 lawsuits (2.2%)
  • Discover Bank
    5 lawsuits (1.9%)
  • LVNV Funding LLC
    5 lawsuits (1.9%)
  • Midland Credit Management Inc
    4 lawsuits (1.5%)
  • Other
    118 lawsuits (44.0%)

Debt Collection Lawsuits By Year

October typically has the most debt collection lawsuits filed each year, with an average of 9 filings, accounting for 11.9% of the filings for the year.

Geography of Debt Collection Lawsuits

January 2020 - December 2023

Montgomery County is split into 219 tracts. On the map you can see debt collection lawsuit statistics, shown as circles, and ACS statistics, shown as shaded backgrounds, for each census tract.

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0.06.012.0+No DataSelect American Community Survey (2022, 5 year estimate) statistic:
Median Household Income
$29,132$250,001No Data

Overview of Debt Collection Lawsuits by Census Tract

January 2020 - December 2023

The table to the right shows data for the 118 Census tracts in Montgomery County. Use the search below to find a specific tract.

Last updated: December 2023

LocationLawsuitsLawsuits Trend
Jan '20 - Dec '23
Default Judgments
Census Tract 105
145

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Census Tract 43
144

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Census Tract 25
103

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Census Tract 22.01
83

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Census Tract 19.02
82

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Census Tract 24.01
71

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Census Tract 3.01
64

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Census Tract 24.02
63

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Census Tract 23.01
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Census Tract 38.04
52

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The top 10 tracts by number of lawsuits listed above are based on defendants' home addresses. Click the table headers to change sorting metrics for the entire dataset. Use search to find a specific location.
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Debt Collection Lawsuits by Neighborhood Demographics

Census tracts have been categorized by their racial/ethnic majority, based on data from the American Community Survey.

Neighborhoods by Racial Majority

  • White: 86.4% of neighborhoods, 81.7% of lawsuits

  • Black: 1.7% of neighborhoods, 4.9% of lawsuits

  • No Majority: 11.9% of neighborhoods, 13.4% of lawsuits

Difference from Proportionate Filings Based on Neighborhood Racial Majority Proportions

Proportionate Filings

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