Neighborhood · Ranked #24,859 of 84,120 nationally
Liberty Heights Eviction Risk: Moderate , Germantown
Tract 24031700306 ·
Montgomery County, MD · pop 8,045 · neighborhood within 0.6 mi
Tract 24031700306 sits in the Liberty Heights area of Germantown eviction risk, MD, carrying an eviction-risk score of 5.4/10. It is home to 8,045 residents. Against Montgomery County at 46.7%, 30% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Risk score
5.4
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 5%Stable renters 13%Owners 82%
Tract context
Occupied units2,373
Renter share17.9%
SVI overall0.20
Poverty rate3.3%
Median income$145,724
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50th percentile
#1 of 1 tracts In Liberty Heights
Moderate
Within parent city
6th percentile
#16 of 17 tracts In Germantown
Very Low
Within county
34th percentile
#153 of 232 tracts In Montgomery County
Low
Within state
52th percentile
#700 of 1,464 tracts In Maryland
Moderate
Geographic context
Risk heat across Germantown and the region
Centroid at 39.1704, -77.2864 · click any tract to drill in
Why Liberty Heights scores 5.4
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Germantown
8.2
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.0
State political climate
Maryland legislature & governorship
5.7
Economic stress
3.3% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,407 rent vs county FMR
5.4
Rent control risk
Inherited from Germantown
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Germantown
7.1
Housing court bias
Inherited from Germantown
5.5
How Liberty Heights compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 20
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
14%Socioeconomic
52%Household composition
81%Racial/ethnic minority
11%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.
10.9%Housing insecurity
6.0%Utility-shutoff threat
11.7%Food insecurity
7.1%SNAP enrollment
5.9%Transit barriers
7.4%No health insurance
12.5%Frequent mental distress
19.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Liberty Heights
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.8/10. On the softer side, economic stress reads 1/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, local political climate reads 8.2/10. Disability prevalence runs 19.2% against 31.5% nationally.
At $2,407 a month, rents run 18% over what the rest of Germantown commands. SNAP participation runs 7.1% against 15.2% nationally. On the national scale it lands near the 70th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored.
Only 18% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 2.8/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Of its three components the housing type and transport measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 3%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.
It tracks the Montgomery County average of 6.0 closely. Annual rent works out to 20% of average household income of $145,724.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 24031700306
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 24031700306?
Census tract 24031700306 in the Liberty Heights neighborhood scores 5.4/10 (Moderate 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 average rent in tract 24031700306?
Median gross rent is $2,407/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 30% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 24031700306?
3.3% of residents in tract 24031700306 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 8,045.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 24031700306?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 20th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 14th, household 52th, minority 81th, housing 11th.
Q5
Is tract 24031700306 considered part of Liberty Heights?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 24031700306 fall within Liberty Heights (neighborhood centroid within 0.6 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 24031700306 struggle to pay rent?
About 10.9% 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. 6.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 24031700306 compare to Germantown overall?
Tract 24031700306 scores 5.4/10, lower than the parent city of Germantown at 6.3/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Germantown eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Germantown
Top eight tracts in Germantown ranked by composite eviction-risk score.