Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #56,048 of 84,120 nationally
Garfield Manor Eviction Risk: Lower , Damascus
Tract 24031700206 · Montgomery County, MD · pop 5,727 · neighborhood within 0.3 mi
24031700206 is a census tract in the Garfield Manor area of Damascus, MD. It scores 3.6/10 for landlords. It is home to 5,727 residents. 68% of renter households cross the 30%-of-income line, far above the Montgomery County average of 46.7%.
Risk score
3.6
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 2%
Stable renters 1%
Owners 97%
Tract context
Occupied units1,928
Renter share3.1%
SVI overall0.02
Poverty rate1.0%
Median income$177,708
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
2
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
16
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Damascus and the region
Centroid at 39.2473, -77.1785 · click any tract to drill in
Why Garfield Manor scores 3.6
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Damascus
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
1.0% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Damascus
6.3
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Damascus
2.6
Housing court bias
Inherited from Damascus
4.3
How Garfield Manor compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 2
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 1%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 41%Racial/ethnic minority
- 4%Housing & transportation
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 8.2%Housing insecurity
- 4.6%Utility-shutoff threat
- 8.9%Food insecurity
- 5.6%SNAP enrollment
- 4.9%Transit barriers
- 6.9%No health insurance
- 12.7%Frequent mental distress
- 21.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Garfield Manor
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. Against the Montgomery County average of 6.0, this tract reads safer for landlords by 2.4 points. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
Running hot, local political climate reads 8.2/10. SNAP participation runs 5.6% against 15.2% nationally.
Food insecurity runs 8.9% against 17.8% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 33rd percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
At 3% renter-occupied this is predominantly owner territory, and comps have to be drawn from further out. Social vulnerability reads 1.1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the MD average is 5.5, so this tract runs 1.9 points cooler.
Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 24031700206
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031700206?
Census tract 24031700206 in the Garfield Manor neighborhood scores 3.6/10 (Lower 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 poverty rate in tract 24031700206?
1.0% of residents in tract 24031700206 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,727.
Q3
How socially vulnerable is tract 24031700206?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 2th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 16th, minority 41th, housing 4th.
Q4
Is tract 24031700206 considered part of Garfield Manor?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031700206 fall within Garfield Manor (neighborhood centroid within 0.3 miles, OSM data).
Q5
What share of households in tract 24031700206 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.2% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.6% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q6
How does tract 24031700206 compare to Damascus overall?
Tract 24031700206 scores 3.6/10, lower than the parent city of Damascus at 4.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Damascus; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Damascus
Top eight tracts in Damascus ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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