Downtown East Eviction Risk: High

Against a Washington baseline of 28.6%, 41% of renters here cross the 30%-of-income line. Sitting well above the midpoint is eviction-process difficulty at 9.5/10. 86% of occupied units are rented, so comparables are plentiful and vacancy risk is low, but a mispriced renewal loses the tenant to a building two streets over.

Running hot is housing-court posture at 9.5/10. Average gross rent is $2,600, 33% above the Washington average of $1,954.

Disability prevalence reaches 16.1% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Severe burden reaches 13%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. The filing record is not thin: 558 evictions logged in this tract.

The voucher gap is 12.4%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which shows up as churn rather than arrears. SNAP participation is 6.3% of households versus 15.2% nationally. The worst year on record was 2006, when filings touched 11.4% of renter households.

One tract means one number: 8.4/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.