Metro West District Eviction Risk: Elevated

The strongest single driver of the headline number is tenant-organizing strength at 9.2/10. This is a renter market: 74% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.

On the softer side is economic stress, at 1.4/10. Severe burden reaches 21%. A tenant at that level absorbs no shock: one cut shift or one repair bill converts directly into arrears. Disability prevalence reaches 17.7% against a 31.5% national average, which raises the odds a reasonable-accommodation request accompanies any dispute.

4.1% of adults report being unable to pay a utility bill, below a 9.2% national figure. Utility arrears usually lead rent arrears by a month or two. Among the 11 mapped neighborhoods of North Bethesda, it ranks #5 by risk, the middle third. The closest comparables inside the same city are Randolph Hills and Parkside.

Poverty sits at 6%, low enough that arrears here usually reflect a specific shock rather than a structural income gap. Average gross rent runs $2,281, close to the North Bethesda average.

Annual rent works out to 24% of average household income of $114,757.

Because the boundary contains one tract, 6.5/10 is simultaneously the area figure and the address-level figure. Scores move when the ACS release, the court-record feed, or the statute ledger behind them moves.