South Bethesda Eviction Risk: Moderate

Pulling the other way is economic stress, at 1/10. Severe burden reaches 27%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears.

65% 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. At $1,930 a month, rents sit 22% under what the rest of Bethesda commands. On the high side is tenant-organizing strength at 7.4/10.

Disability prevalence reaches 17.2% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute. Food insecurity affects 7.3% of adults, 10.5 points below the national rate.

That places it #6 of 17 neighborhoods in Bethesda. The closest comparables inside the same city are Green Tree Manor and Kenwood.

Rent takes 19% of average household income, comfortably inside the 30% line and unusually low for a rental sub-market. Poverty sits at 4%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

One tract means one number: 5.8/10 applies directly to any address inside the boundary. The number is rebuilt whenever its ACS, court-record, or statutory inputs change.