Congress Heights Eviction Risk: High , Washington

33% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. The dominant input is state political climate at 9.5/10. SNAP participation runs 37.3% against 15.2% nationally.

On the high side, local political climate reads 9.5/10. Running hot, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.5/10.

This is renter territory: 75% of occupied units are tenant-occupied. Annualized rent equals 33% of average household income of $51,261, past the 30% affordability line, which thins the margin any screening standard has to work with. Food insecurity runs 33.6% against 17.8% nationally.

At $1,410 a month, rents run 28% under what the rest of Washington commands. The poverty rate is 23%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Against the District of Columbia average of 8.7, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.2 points. Court records carry 3,592 eviction filings across 7 observed years.

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